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Home in what they are calling virtual wards as medical experts warn almost 50,000 health care workers in england could be sick with covid by christmas day. irish health officials say nearly 52% of new infections there are the omicron variant. it has taken less than two weeks for omicron to become dominant in ireland with germany requiring its citizens and residents returning from the uk to quarantine for two weeks germany adding the uk to its travel red list on saturday. thousands gathered in brussels to protest the government's covid restrictions there. in october belgium imposed rules requir...