Nursing and other healthcare students who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are now banned from taking up clinical placement in HSE facilities. The new rule relates to unpaid clinical placements and does not apply to fourth-year nurses considered part of the HSE workforce. "Students that are eligible for vaccination, that has been offered vaccination and decline vaccination should not be assigned to clinical placements in HSE facilities. Deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn said there was "absolutely no complacency at policy level about vaccine hesitancy or confidence. "I have been talking about it since last December; I am very concerned about the issue of vaccine hesitancy.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2021 19:05 UTC