Dublin woman Annie, a 79-year-old grandmother, will be the first person to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland. St James’ Hospital in Dublin will receive the vaccine first at 1.30pm today, according to Chair of the Covid-19 vaccination taskforce Brian MacCraith. Today, a great beacon of light starts to shine, as we commence our vaccination programme. “From next week, we are going into nursing homes and we have had very good dialogue with nursing homes Ireland’s Tadhg Daly and there's a very advanced schedule for all of those nursing homes,” he said. There are around 580 nursing homes in Ireland, of which 80pc are privately owned.

Source: Irish Independent December 29, 2020 08:38 UTC