Health Secretary Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that the online reservation system for Covid-19 vaccines will open next weekend for the 30-34 age group.
“Progress continues on the Covid-19 vaccination program. Second doses of AstraZeneca for those aged 60 to 69 will be completed in the coming weeks,” Donnelly said on Twitter this afternoon.
“351,000 vaccines were administered last week. [The] HSE [is] He plans to open registration for those between the ages of 30 and 34 towards the end of next week.”
HSE CEO Paul Reed said the health service is «extremely concerned» that any available vaccines will be administered as quickly as possible to help protect against the delta variant.
Reed told reporters that HSE is «strongly committed to vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, based on whatever supplies we get.»
«We will continue to use all available channels to fully adopt all of the NIAC’s recommendations,» Reed added.
People who have signed up for their vaccine on HSE . site You will need:
- Their PPS number
- Their Aircode
- mobile phone number
- E-mail address
People who do not have all of these things, or who prefer not to register online, can contact HSELive at 1850241850 for assistance with the registration process.
The latest vaccine statistics reveal that more than 4.1 million doses have been administered in Ireland.
As of Tuesday night, nearly 2.5 million people in Ireland had received at least one dose (64% of the eligible population) and more than 1.67 million people had two doses (42% of the eligible population), Reed confirmed at HSE Press’s briefing today.
The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is currently 44, including 14 patients in intensive care units.
Reed said Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine uptake rate is among the highest in Europe. He said HSE was «on track» to deliver 300,000 to 330,000 vaccines this week.
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Read confirmed that HSE briefed Donnelly on the proposed revised vaccination plan from HSE this afternoon.
He said he would allow the health minister to brief his colleagues in the government on the plan before revealing more details, but described it as «ambitious».
He said the nationwide infection rate for Covid-19 «remains steady below 100» and the average age of people infected with the virus is 26.
Reed said 83.5% of the cases in the past 14 days were in people under the age of 45.
With Arla Ryan reporting