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Covid-19: Locations of 37 mass vaccination centres announced See where jabs will be administered in your county as rollout widens in weeks ahead
Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 12:40 Updated: Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 13:13
The locations of the 37 Covid-19 vaccination centres set to be established across the State have been published by the Department of Health.
The locations of the 37 Covid-19 mass vaccination centres set to be established across the State have been published by the Department of Health.
The sites chosen include places such as sports stadiums, GAA clubs, hotels, university sports centres and a golf club.
There is at least one in each of the 26 counties with five sites in Cork, four in Dublin and two in Kerry, Wicklow, Westmeath and Tipperary.
Itâs the trickiest of all to work with. Once it is decanted into the vial, it has to be used within five days. Dr Caitriona Kerr, of Inchicore Family Doctors, as GPs and practice nurses receive their second dose of the Covid-19 Moderna Vaccine at St Maryâs Hospital in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Vaccinations take place in a tent erected by the Defence Forces on site. Candidates are pre-registered and then given a time for vaccination. The procedure itself takes less than a minute, and the details are inputted into a central computer.