Vaccines and variants: Will we know it's Christmas time this year?

This time last year the first Covid vaccine was administered and the nation breathed a sigh of relief. 365 days later we are still facing restrictions and uncertainty.

One year ago this week on December 8, 2020, the first Covid-19 vaccine was given and as a nurse jabbed 90-year-old Fermanagh woman Margaret Keenan, we all heaved a sigh of relief. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire

It is starting to feel a lot like Christmas but which Christmas is it going to be? When we shout out ‘it’s behind you’ does it mean the pandemic is going away or is it creeping up on us again?

So far the signs, like the government’s messaging, are mixed.