10,000 additional J&J jabs for Louth and Meath over-50s
By Michael Carolan
Meanwhile, the HSE test site in Drogheda is to open for an additional three days
An additional 10,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine are to be administered to 50-69-year-olds in Louth and Meath.
Local Fine Gael TD
Fergus O'Dowd says he expects the rollout to happen over the next seven to 10 days:
The Dáil has heard calls to change the vaccine roll-out for people aged 60 to 70.
It comes as a new study has shown the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are not as effective against the Indian variant of the virus after just one dose.