HEALTH: HSE vaccine lead: ‘Plans in development for autumn booster as well as winter emergencies’

Republic of Ireland at a glance
• 235 people are in hospital with Covid-19, 28 of whom are receiving intensive care
• 30 deaths were reported over the last seven days up to yesterday
• 79.7% of the population are fully vaccinated, and 60.1% have received a booster dose*
• The seven-day average for confirmed cases is 710 – but includes only PCR-confirmed cases and not self-reported antigen test results.

Ireland’s Covid vaccine programme is now a well-oiled machine.

More than 8 million doses have been administered in total, at a rate that once came close to 400,000 per week.

But this is still a machine with many moving parts: the logistics to deliver vaccines and equipment; the systems to book and log vaccinations; the involvement of GPs and pharmacies; and not forgetting the databases the communications, the call centres, etc.

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