Ciaran Moore gives the first dose of the Covid vaccine to Dearbhail Ryan, Tralee, at the Aviva Stadium recently. Sources confirmed that instead of the current four-week gap between doses, intervals of six weeks or eight weeks will be chosen. There is heightened focus on the pace of the roll-out of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines here following setbacks with AstraZeneca, which is not being offered to the under-60s. Read MoreSimilarly, concerns about blood clotting have cast doubt over the roll-out of the Johnson & Johnson jab with a major decision expected from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday. He said we also need to see what comes from the European Medicines Agency on Thursday in relation to its assessment of a very small number of unusual blood clots in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Source: Irish Independent April 17, 2021 01:36 UTC