New reported Covid-19 outbreaks in Traveller community double in a week Pavee Point says high incidence rate shows urgency of priority vaccination for Travellers
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A file image of the Citywest Covid-19 vaccination centre in Dublin. Pavee Point has said the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is ‘the most pragmatic and practical arrangement’ for the Traveller community. Photograph: PA
There were 16 new Covid-19 outbreaks and 65 new cases of the disease in the Traveller community notified to the health service in the past week, according to latest figures.
The number of new outbreaks in that community in the week ending May 1st was double the number notified the previous week, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre statistics show.