There have been 1,345 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed by the Department of Health this afternoon. Almost 5.5 million vaccine doses have been administered in Ireland as of Friday, with close to 2.4m adults fully vaccinated. It is expected that the Government will receive updated advice from NIAC on the matter next week on whether 12 to 15-year-olds should receive a Covid-19 vaccine. "It was 60-70pc of the population... but because we're dealing with a more transmissible variant, the estimate has gone up to 85-90pc. "If the estimate is that high... it would infer we would need to include age groups going down right to children.

Source: Irish Independent July 24, 2021 14:37 UTC