18.40 16 Dec 2020
It s another day looking at one of the 20 Most Influential Moments of the last 20 years; and today, it centered on an issue that we are still going through now.the Covid 19 pandemic.
Englishman Ade Thomas tells Newstalk Breakfast why he decided to take part in the Oxford vaccine trial.
Former Health Minister Simon Harris looks back to the start of the pandemic with Pat Kenny.
Andrew Louth joins Andrea Gilligan to reflect on the loss of his grandmother to Covid - and the wider impact on his family.
Tom Whipple, Science Editor from The Times London talks to Sean Moncrieff about what covid means for science journalists; and Kieran Cuddihy meets two people who were diagnosed with covid and live with the last effects of the virus.
NURSES could be allowed to vaccinate the public against Covid-19 under a roll-out plan being considered by Cabinet.
Former Health Minister Simon Harris said he believed the national vaccination programme will involve “our GPs, our pharmacists, and perhaps our nurses”. The allocation of staff to mobile hubs operating around the country will also be considered by ministers.
One of the key concerns will be rapid administering of the vaccine, with hospital nurses currently only giving inoculations on direction of a doctor.
But a Cabinet source told the
Irish Independent: “This looks to be a case of all hands on deck – so you should put the syringes into the hands of healthcare assistants if necessary.”