In the “worst-case scenario” the Northern Ireland vaccine schedule will be put back by four weeks, the head of the North’s vaccination programme Patricia Donnelly has told Stormont Assembly members. The North’s health department in its daily afternoon bulletin on Thursday reported one more Covid-19 death, taking the North’s total to 2,101. There are 167 patients receiving Covid-19 treatment in Northern Ireland hospitals with 16 in intensive care and 14 on ventilators. So far in Northern Ireland 640,801 people have received a first dose of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines while 63,946 have got a second jab. In Northern Ireland most second vaccinations happen about eight to ten weeks after the first jab.

Source: The Irish Times March 18, 2021 12:13 UTC