As a home care worker she visits the elderly and so is receiving the Covid-19 vaccine along with other healthcare staff. Vaccinator Niamh Donohoe administers home care assistant Aoife Thornton’s first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at The Helix mass vaccination centre. “We’re planning for 5,000 people a day [in The Helix], 35,000 people a week. Sourcing venueAs the vaccination plan began to take shape in early January, Alicia Daly, HSE Estates property project manager, was tasked with sourcing a venue for a vaccination centre. “In mid-December we received scopes, specifications and work plans for what a 50-bay vaccination centre should look like,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2021 20:09 UTC