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First Irish person to be vaccinated against Covid-19 Annie Lynch gets second dose as lockdown to extend beyond January
Updated: 19 Jan 2021, 20:52
THE Dublin grandmother who became the first person in Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine has received her second dose - as Ireland s lockdown is set to extend beyond January.
Gran Annie Lynch, who grew up in The Liberties, received the second Pfizer/BioNTech jab in St James s Hospital today.
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Bernie works at a designated Covid-19 ward in St James s Hospital
It will be seven days before the vaccine should protect recipients against developing severe infection from Covid-19.
Updated: 20 Jan 2021, 3:09
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THE Covid pandemic could ve been avoided if Wuhan didn t lie to the world, a top doctor has claimed.
A bombshell ITV documentary reveals Covid was spreading like wildfire for 12 days from January 5 but the Chinese government reported no new cases.
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Caged animals are pictured at a wet market in ChinaCredit: ITV
In the documentary, infectious diseases specialist Dr Yi-Chun Lo, of Taiwan’s Centres for Disease Control, blamed China for hiding facts about the virus outbreak.
He said: “I think the pandemic could have been avoided at the beginning if China was transparent about the outbreak and was quick to provide necessary information to the world.”
Education Minister Norma Foley claims every issue unions had on schools reopening were worked on
Updated: 20 Jan 2021, 10:44
EMBATTLED Education boss Norma Foley has claimed every issue unions had on the partial reopening of schools was worked on.
Minster Foley went on the defensive after plans to get special needs students back in the classroom were scrapped after two unions rejected the proposals.
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Education Minister Norma Foley Credit: PA:Press Association
But the Education Minister hit back and said: I think it s important to reiterate, everything they have put on the table and asked us to work through, we have done.
Updated: 20 Jan 2021, 11:43
PEOPLE living in a small Cork village are being urged to check their EuroMillions tickets after a lucky player won the €500,000 Plus prize.
The lucky slip was sold at Ross’s Centra store in Watergrasshill.
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Shop owner Ken Ross is delighted that his shop sold the winning ticket
The winning EuroMillions Plus numbers for last night s draw were: 02, 09, 15, 23, 46.
Ken Ross has been the owner of the Ross’s Centra store in Watergrasshill for the past 16 years and he said that his first big lottery win was well worth the wait.
He said: “This is some way for one of our customers to beat the January blues.