Kilkenny starts to roll out Covid-19 vaccines to the over 85s
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The waiting game is finally over as vaccinations of the general population get underway starting with people aged over 85 this week.
At the Ayrfield Medical Centre on the Granges Road staff will administer the vaccine at a drive-thru facility, which is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country. Dr Frank Chambers explained that the drive-thru has been used at the medical centre previously to administer the flu vaccine and was a great success.
“It makes it safer for patients and staff,” he said and added that the team were looking forward to welcoming their 174 patients, aged over 85, for their Covid-19 jab.
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A drive-in vaccination centre set up at a medical practice in Kilkenny this afternoon has had a steady stream of patients in the over-85 cohort rolling in and rolling up their sleeves to receive their first Covid-19 jabs.
The service was established at the Ayrfield Medical Centre in Kilkenny city and run by the practice s doctors, nurses and other staff for a number of hours.
Patients arrived by car, accompanied by another person. They were given the relevant advice, vaccinated and then told to stay on-site for at least 15 minutes as a precaution.
Dr Frank Chambers told RTÉ News that the system worked effectively.
By CHUCK O DONNELL
January 21, 2021 at 1:16 PM
Lorenz Larry Thoms created Middlesex County College s iconic Blue Colt logo in 1967. He says he s disappointed the school is putting it out to pasture.
Lorenz Larry Thoms created Middlesex County College s iconic Blue Colt logo in 1967. He says he s .
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Lorenz Larry Thoms seen here in the late 1960s. He said his experiences at Middlesex County College helped prepare him for a long career in the pharmaceutical business.
Lorenz Larry Thoms seen here in the late 1960s. He said his experiences at Middlesex County .
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January 21, 2021 at 1:16 PM
New drive-through Covid-19 testing facility to be launched in Kilkenny tomorrow
Will provide a fast, convenient, and safe way to be tested for Covid-19
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Tropical Medical Bureau (TMB) is to launch a new drive-through Covid-19 PCR testing facility in Kilkenny, which will be operational from Thursday, January 21.
This drive-through testing facility, located at Ayrfield Medical Centre, Kilkenny, will provide a fast, convenient, and safe way for those who are travelling and those who are returning from travel to be tested for Covid-19. The new Kilkenny testing facility will provide an express RT-PCR screening service, guaranteeing results and a Covid-19 travel clearance certification within 24 – 36 hours and costs €120 per person.
Lana Turner in a 1940s publicity portrait by MGM.
(Public domain/via Wikimedia) The Faustian life choices of this most glamorous star parallel decisions of her many movie characters.
As we mark the 100th birthday of Lana Turner (1921-1995) this coming February 8 and reflect on her cinematic legacy, some of us may recall a line from a rather different sort of film from the kind in which Turner typically starred. In 2001’s wacko fantasy-drama
Donnie Darko, Jena Malone, distraught over events in her personal life but elated at meeting up with her love interest the film’s eponymous anti-hero muses, “I guess some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.”