The Health Service Executive (HSE) will this week start the vaccination of people between ages 16 and 69 with serious illnesses, chief executive Paul Reid said on Sunday. He said about 10,000 people in this category will get the Covid-19 vaccine as part of the initial process this week. Mr Reid said in the coming week the HSE would begin administering about 10,000 vaccines to people who fall into the very-high-risk category. “ The available vaccine supply is approximately 15 per cent less than the required amount to meet the total over-80 cohort. “There will have to be conversations about how we move forward in this,” she told RTE Radio’s This Week programme.

Source: The Irish Times March 07, 2021 11:53 UTC