This is expected to be the busiest week yet for the programme, with 220,000- 240,000 vaccinations scheduled and the HSE online registration portal will open to those aged 50-59 in the coming days. Ministers will this week consider plans to accelerate the provision of vaccines to that group.
He warned that if people in their 50s were still waiting for vaccines while those in their 30s were receiving them, it would not be good from a public health perspective given the older cohort is deemed to be at greater risk from Covid-19. A total of 129 people were hospitalised with Covid-19 on Monday morning, according to figures released by the HSE. Forty were in intensive care and there were five additional hospitalisations in the last 24 hours.urged people who have been cocooning but are now vaccinated to have confidence about opening up their lives.
“While this anxiety is understandable, you can have confidence in your vaccine, no matter which one you received,” he said.
And all those new walk in test centres and all. Reaching me thinks.
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