Covid-19: Republic of Ireland begins vaccine rollout
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media caption I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now
A 79-year-old woman has become the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
Grandmother of 10, Annie Lynch, from Dublin, received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at St James s Hospital on Tuesday.
Ms Lynch said she felt very privileged to receive the jab. I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now, she said.
image copyrightRTÉ It s brilliant that it s here.
Ms Lynch added that everything had been explained very clearly to her before the vaccine was administered.
Da li su novi oblici koronavirusa razlog za strah?
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A January lockdown is the price Northern Ireland will have to pay for enjoying Christmas, as the Health Minister is set to recommend robust interventions to begin immediately once a five day relaxation of rules ends on December 28.
Robin Swann will ask for a series of crucial interventions when the NI Executive meets on Thursday after warning the threat of Covid will cast a shadow well into January .
It could mean more disruption to business, with a three of four week period of new restrictions likely.
Mr Swann admitted Northern Ireland is not where we want to be after the recent two weeks of restrictions failed to bring the reproductive rate of the virus - the R-rate - down to the expected level.