Every effort needed to complete vaccine rollout 08 July, 2021 01:00
IT was perhaps inevitable that as the Covid vaccination rollout reached younger age groups, the pace of progress would slow.
Exactly seven months since Co Down nurse Joanna Sloan became the first person in Northern Ireland to receive protection from the virus, more than two million vaccines have been administered.
Older people and others at greatest risk were rightly prioritised at a time when supplies were limited.
A remarkable logistical operation, involving huge numbers of our dedicated health workers, has now seen over 80 per cent of the adult population benefit from a first dose, and more than 60 per cent receive both jabs.
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