Ireland began its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday by giving a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to a 79-year-old woman at a hospital in Dublin, the health service said, as coronavirus cases surge in the country. Annie Lynch was the first person in the country to receive the vaccine at Dublin's St James’s Hospital, it said. It marks a new chapter in our fight," Health Minister Stephen Donnelly told RTE Radio. A total of 86,894 have been infected in Ireland since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and 2,205 people have died as a result, Health Ministry data showed on Monday. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint December 29, 2020 14:37 UTC