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Some Tipperary hospital staff to get vaccines after video message sent to Taoiseach
The video was released this morning.
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The video was released this morning.
Daily vaccination figures will be published from 25 January.
“The temporary reduction will affect all European countries,” Norway’s Public Health Agency said in a statement.
Developers have said they could adapt the vaccine quickly if a new variant is resistant to it.
The HSE gave an update on the vaccination programme this afternoon.
This week, around 50,000 vaccinations are expected to be completed.
“We know that in animals, [there is] significant protection from transferring the virus,” Dr Albert Bourla told an the EPP Group health event.
This is the second vaccine to be used in Ireland after the Pfizer/BioNTech version.
Northern Ireland started its vaccine rollout last month.
The US president-elect received his second dose today, three weeks after his first.
The Moderna vaccine was approved for Europe last week.
Seven mass vaccination centres opened across England today.
Thousands of people have been given their first jab – and the programme will be ramped up in the coming months.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly made the announcement this evening.
The figures were released this afternoon.
Michael Delaney was hospitalised with Covid-19 for seven weeks last year.
The PSNI has issued a warning.
By the end of this week it is expected 35,000 people will have received their first dose.
Ireland has ordered 880,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine.
John Grey (84) leaned on his walking stick and said: “I am relieved, let’s say that.
The executive says 25 nursing homes will see vaccines take place next week.
The vaccine was approved in Britain yesterday.
Varadkar also indicated that Level 5 will last beyond 12 January.
Martin said he would have no issue with being vaccinated in public.
The widely-respected scientist said he took the shot “as a symbol to the rest of the country”.
The Minister for Health has said that tens of thousands of doses will arrive in Ireland each week from early January.
The Health Minister said this is “an early Christmas present for us all”.
Ireland is seeing a lot of misinformation about vaccines right now – and there’s no sign of it stopping.
Around one-fifth of Brazilians say they will not get inoculated against the virus.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, CEO Paul Reid said the level of distribution across the EU after approval will depend on capacity of the suppliers.
The FDA has signalled it will approve the Moderna vaccine.
The date for a decision had been 12 January.
Up to 15 mass vaccination centres around the country are being considered, the health committee also heard today.
On this week’s podcast, we talk through what we know so far.
A second study estimates that 3.7 billion adults worldwide are willing to have a Covid-19 vaccine.
Virologist Dr Cillian de Gascun breaks the whole thing down for us on this week’s podcast.
Five frontline workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine.
Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.
The doses will be in boxes containing dry ice that are capable of staying at -70 degrees Celsius.
Let’s get back to basics.
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