The Chief of the HSE is asking the public to ‘bear with’ the organisation as they work out the logistics of the changes to the vaccine roll-out plan.
On Wednesday evening, Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that the decision had been taken not to administer the Astrazeneca to anyone aged 70 or over due to a lack of data about its efficacy for this age group.
This has scuppered plans for Oxford vaccine to be administered by GP’s to the older population from next week.
Over 219 thousand people have received at least one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine so far – with around 8 thousand doses administered each day over the last week.
Locations where multiple GPs can vaccinate over 70s are being looked at – as the Pfizer and Moderna jabs are more difficult to store.
But, by how much will this change delay the vaccine roll-out?
Pat was joined on the line by Dr Michael Kelleher, Lahinch GP and IMO GP Committee member.
