The number of doses of Covid-19 vaccine delivered here at the end of this quarter will be short and come to 1.1m compared to an expected 1.2m, HSE chief Paul Reid said today. He said the outstanding doses are not expected to arrive until early April. Mr Reid told the committee the early deliveries of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine – due to be approved by the European Medicines Agency this week – will be low. Overall, he said around 92,000 people over 80 got the vaccine last week, most of them over 85 and the rest aged 80 to 84. Among the first groups to be vaccinated will be people in active treatment for cancer and serious renal disease.

Source: Irish Independent March 09, 2021 12:33 UTC