The Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to wards of court in line with the same procedure by which wards get the annual flu vaccine, the Department of Health has told the High Court. The department was replying by letter to queries raised by the High Court president, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, concerning the administration of the vaccine to wards. A substantial number of wards are in nursing homes or other residential care facilities. When dealing with a number of cases on December 11th, the judge told lawyers she had written the previous day to the chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, concerning the Covid-19 vaccine. Those arrangements involve consultation with each ward’s treating physician for the purpose of deciding on the appropriateness of immunisation for each individual, the letter stated.

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2020 15:33 UTC