Nursing home residents, the elderly and frontline healthcare workers are likely to be the first people in Ireland to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting today to discuss Ireland’s rollout of a vaccine.
The Taoiseach has told his parliamentary party that Nursing home residents, the elderly and front line healthcare workers will be prioritised for vaccination.
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is due to be rolled out in the UK early next week, after the country became the first in the world to approve it.
The WHO's David Nabarro says it's his understanding that the roll out of the vaccine in the UK is still very much work in progress.
Immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill says the European Medicines Agency may approve the vaccine sooner than initially thought.
NPHET is meeting today to discuss the spread of the virus, and plans to vaccinate the population in the new year.
