Updated / Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021
22:22
The first doses will take around three weeks to administer.
Mary White, who is 92 and from Waterford, was among the first people aged over 85 to get her Covid-19 vaccine this morning. It s lovely to have it done now, she said, after getting her first dose of the vaccine.
Mary was one of up to 300 patients getting the vaccine at the Keogh Practice in Waterford city today.
Her daughter Paula White accompanied her to the centre. It s great to see the start of it now. You just feel a bit safer. It s great to get it done today and we ll be back again in four weeks time, she said.