Over 400,000 vaccine doses delivered to Ireland last week with 200,000 jabs administered
The biggest previous week of deliveries was just under 250,000 doses. By Rónán Duffy Wednesday 5 May 2021, 5:55 PM 2 hours ago 12,633 Views 31 Comments Source: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie
OVER 400,000 DOSES of Covid-19 vaccines were delivered to Ireland last week, by the far the largest week of deliveries to date.
Figures from the Department of Health released this afternoon up to Sunday 2 May show that a total of 401,480 doses were delivered last week.
The biggest previous week of deliveries was a month previous when the total was just under 250,000 doses.
The vast majority of the vaccine deliveries were from Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which between them made up 91% of last week’s deliveries.
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Leo Varadkar said it will reduce illness, improve quality of life and ease pressure on the health service.
Speaking at the official launch of the policy in Dublin, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly insisted the measure is being introduced “because there is powerful evidence this works”.
He said some supermarkets are currently selling alcohol “cheaper than they are selling water”, which he said was “not OK and not healthy”.
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Ireland will receive at least 4.8 million vaccines each year in 2022 and 2023 under a deal struck between Pfizer and the EU.
As the Irish Examiner reports, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has received Cabinet approval to enter a €191m deal which would ensure the country has supplies of Covid vaccines in the coming years.
It is also now likely that the vaccination programme will be extended to people under the age of 16, ministers were told.
Mr Donnelly has also received updated advice from the HSE on the vaccine rollout which will see vaccinations continue to be carried out on the basis of age.