Vaccinations have begun in the large vaccination centre in Roscommon.
The centre at the Abbey Hotel has 10 bays and is expected to vaccinate hundreds of people per day when at full capacity.
People are being reminded that they will receive an appointment for their jab and not to attend unless called to do so.
It comes as the rate of infection of Covid 19 in the Shannonside region remains high.
Among the 769 new cases announced yesterday, Roscommon has 18 with 14 new cases recorded for county Longford.
In terms of incidence rates, the national rate of infection per 100 thousand of population is 155, but Longford is on 296 Longford, Roscommon is on 154 and Leitrim is on 37.