Health minister Stephen Donnelly said he intends to bring a revamped plan for the rollout of the vaccine to Cabinet ministers next week
The Department of Health is awaiting advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) about the use of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson jabs in various age cohorts, in particular those under the age of 50.At present, AstraZeneca and the Johnson & Johnson jabs are not being given to those under the age of 50 due to concerns over a rare blood clotting issue.Mr Donnelly said he expects to receive NIAC’s updated recommendation in the coming days.
Meanwhile, over 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in one week in Ireland for the first time.The latest figures from Government’s vaccine data dashboard show that, in the week leading up to Monday, May 10, some 260,735 were given out.