30,000 5-11 year olds registered for Covid vaccine

30,000 5 to 11 year olds have so far been registered for a Covid-19 vaccine.

The HSE’s vaccine portal opened for the age cohort yesterday.

There are half a million children aged between 5 and 11 living in Ireland.

The HSE’s National Lead for the Vaccination Programme Damien McCallion says the figure’s encouraging: