But I think it’ll probably be towards the end of February or early March before a critical mass of the population is vaccinated,” Mr Varadkar said. New Covid-19 infections doubled in the space of just one week with Mr Varadkar warning of “exponential growth”. “No sales events will take place,” Mr Varadkar said. Speaking earlier in the day, Mr Varadkar said the Government had acted as a result of the rapid increase in new cases, the positivity ratio, and hospital admissions. Mr Varadkar said the virus was growing exponentially and the latest figures had “surprised all of us”.

Source: Irish Independent December 23, 2020 02:35 UTC