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An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD was in Cork recently to visit 2 new integrated care services as the rollout of a €240 million community health programme continues nationwide.
Nursing homes in Cork will begin to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday week, January 11, and the first round of lifesaving injections should be delivered to all such care facilities by the end of the month.
According to a draft schedule distributed by the HSE, among the first to receive it in Cork will be the residents at Amberley Home and Convalescent Centre in Fermoy who will be getting their first anti-virus jabs on Monday, January 11. Fairy Hill Nursing Home in Mallow will have to wait until January 29 before its residents get the first round. The vaccinations teams will be in Araglen Nursing Home in Kanturk on January 26 while Carechoice in Macroom is on the list for the same day.