Nphet to wait for EMA decision before updating advice on spreading out vaccine doses

“We need to wait to see what the EMA say on that, decide what our approach to that vaccine [J&J] will be in this country, incorporate that into our planning for the rollout of the vaccination programme more broadly and then decide over and above that if there’s a need to extend out the dosing interval for the mRNA vaccines”.

Extending the interval between doses would mean the rollout takes longer to complete and more people would be waiting longer for full protection, he pointed out.Case numbers fell last week by 7 per cent, on top of a 22 per cent fall the previous week.Nphet reported no further deaths of Covid-19 patients, and an additional 403 cases on Monday.

Up to Saturday, 1,204,063 doses of vaccine had been administered; 852,189 first doses and 351,874 second doses. Of the new Covid-19 cases, 174 are in Dublin, 34 in Meath, 20 in Kildare, 18 in Mayo, 16 in Cork, with the remaining 141 cases spread across 20 other counties. The 14-day incidence of the disease now stands at 115 cases per 100,000 people nationally. Donegal has the highest county incidence, followed by Kildare. Kilkenny has the lowest incidenceOn Monday morning, 183 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, including 50 in ICU. There were seven additional hospitalisations in the previous 24 hours.

What is the role of NIAC? I thought they advice on vaccines since they overruled the EMA guidance last week on the AZ vaccine. Can they not make the call on spread between doses?

No further deaths and 403 more Covid-19 cases. This is not going down. Lockdown have serious limits.

In the meantime when your waiting.?!..Open Ireland Now.!!!😡😡😡😡

More stalling to do the bleeding obvious ... ☹️ The UK experience is clear, there is no downside to spreading out the vaccine doses. Meanwhile unvaccinated people die of COVID19 ! 🤔 Get a move on ! 🤬

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