Talk show host Jimmy Fallon tests positive for Covid-19 amid Omicron surge in the US

'I was vaccinated and boostered which made me lucky enough to only have mild symptoms,' says Jimmy Fallon. Photo: AFP

The Christmas and New Year holidays might be the "most wonderful time of year" for many, but for American television host Jimmy Fallon, it proved to be a season of Covid-19.

The host of The Tonight Show shared a photo of himself in an isolation room on Instagram on Tuesday (Jan 4), saying that he tested positive "on the first day of the holiday break".