COVID-19 vaccine delays may slow wider Irish roll-out, says PM

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 12 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

Ireland may have to slow the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations, including for the elderly, due to reduced supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine ...

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin speaks as he arrives to attend a face-to-face EU summit amid the coronavirus disease lockdown in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/FilesDUBLIN: Ireland may have to slow the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations, including for the elderly, due to reduced supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine to EU countries, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Saturday .

Ireland has focused its inoculation campaign on care home residents and frontline healthcare workers so far, but Martin said the government still aimed to achieve mass vaccination by the end of the second quarter.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.