Covid-19: Mass vaccination clinic opens in Cork city for healthcare workers Medical staff at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork aim to deliver vaccines to 1,200 frontline workers ovwer the weekend. Picture: Dan Linehan
Sat, 09 Jan, 2021 - 14:25
Eoin English
A mass vaccination programme is underway at a Cork city hospital this weekend in a bid to administer Covid-19 vaccines to 1,200 frontline healthcare workers.
The clinical director of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH), Dr Michelle Murphy, described it as a day of hope for healthcare staff across the region.
“We are undoubtedly facing into a very difficult period but the roll-out of the vaccine has given healthcare workers and the wider population the hope that although we are facing a difficult few weeks, there is an end in sight. This is a hugely positive step,” she said.
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