Over 500 gardai including those working in mandatory hotel quarantine to get Covid-19 jab
Updated: 12 Apr 2021, 22:51
OVER 500 gardai working on Ireland s Covid frontlines - including those involved in mandatory hotel quarantine - have begun to receive the Covid-19 vaccine today.
The latest change to the Covid vaccination rollout plan came after a plea from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to the Government.
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Garda Commissioner Drew HarrisCredit: PA
The move comes after increasing calls from garda representative groups to give cops vaccine priority due to the role they play in policing during the pandemic.
525 members of An Garda Siochana began to receive their Covid-19 jab doses today.