Desperate health officials have been warned about scams involving fake private supplies of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines. It said AstraZeneca has “advised the Department of Health there is currently no private supply, sale or distribution of its vaccine. It said 95pc of vaccines are administered within seven days of arrival and a buffer supply must be held back. There were 17 cases of the virus in nursing homes last week, down from 93 the previous week. Outbreaks among students dropped to 15 from 61 the previous week.

Source: Irish Independent March 11, 2021 02:33 UTC