A leading Clare immunologist believes stricter quarantine measures should be imposed with regards to international travel. The Dáil is today debating legislation that would provide mandatory hotel quarantine for people coming here from 20 high-risk areas. It will also affect arrivals without a negative Covid-19 test, but opposition TDs are calling for it to affect […]
While strict restrictions are to remain in place in Ireland until at least April, Boris Johnson has announced that life in England will return to normal by June 21st. More than 17.5 million people, a third of U.K. adults, have had at least one vaccine shot since vaccinations began there on December 8th. Here, 350,000 […]
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29th January 2021
Up to 150,000 fewer people may get the COVID vaccine by the end of March due to supply issues.
The Oireachtas Health Committee has heard there’s no guarantees in relation to supply after the first quarter of this year.
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It comes as a Sixmilebridge native Mircrobiologist has warned it will take until the end of this year at least, for vaccines to get ahead of the Covid-19 virus.
Under questioning by TDs this morning officials in charge of the roll-out of the vaccine were keen to stress the only impediment is supply.
The Head of the vaccine taskforce said they’re rolling out doses of the vaccine as soon as they get them.
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29th January 2021
Ireland is now unlikely to meet its target to vaccinate 700,000 in the first quarter of this year due to delays in the supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Meanwhile, NPHET have warned that the spread of the virus will be more difficult to control in the coming weeks as the UK variant continues to take hold.
The news comes at a turbulent time for the Irish government as there is an increasing pressure from the public and from opposition to come down harder on international travel.
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On Friday’s Morning Focus, Gavin Grace spoke to Prof. James McInerney, Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham about where Ireland finds itself in the fight against Covid-19.