Before the Cabinet meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with the Omicron variant, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has warned that people are still getting “very sick” and dying from Covid-19.
Mr Donnelly told there is still a lot of “uncertainly internationally” around the new strain of Covid but according to the data from Irish hospitals has been “encouraging” and insisted boosters are providing “powerful protection”.
“However, with so many people getting infected, even a less severe variant can make a lot of people very sick and still result in a lot of people dying,” Mr Donnelly told the Irish Independent.
Mr Donnelly said unvaccinated people make up around half the hospital and critical care patients. So the booster campaign is the best defence against the virus he added.