Shoppers, some wearing face coverings to combat the spread of Covid-19, walk past stalls at a Christmas market in central London on December 18, 2021. The British government on Friday reported 93,045 new coronavirus cases, a third consecutive record daily tally, as the Omicron variant fuels a surge in infections across the country. Britain is currently rolling out a mass booster drive in order to vaccinate as many people as possible before the end of the year.(AFP/Tolga Akmen)

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Editorial board (The Jakarta Post)  Jakarta   ●   Fri, December 24 2021

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This Christmas Eve, whatever your beliefs, perhaps we can take some inspiration from the story behind the enduring Christmas carol “Silent Night” amid the global terror of the Omicron variant.

Tonight will be a holy night for many, but it may also be an anxious night as COVID-19 continues to haunt us.

Silent night, holy night,

All is calm, all is bright,

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “A more silent night”.

READ MORE:   https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2021/12/23/a-more-silent-night.html.

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