Under-30s may get vaccinated earlier to reduce spread of Covid-19 Those aged 18-30 age would get shots before those aged 30-50 under new plan
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The Government will outline in two weeks’ time what restrictions will be removed over the month of May. Photograph: Getty Images
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People under the age of 30 may get vaccinated earlier in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus ahead of the wider reopening of society, under proposals currently being examined by the Department of Health.
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HSE director general Paul Reid has said he was unaware of any proposal to change the vaccination priority list.
Mr Reid said the HSE was continuing to work on the list that focuses on older cohorts and medically vulnerable groups
He was speaking in response to comments made by the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to The Irish Times in which he said consideration was being given to changing the focus of the vaccine priority list to allow people aged 18-30 to be inoculated ahead of older cohorts.
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