10,000 additional J&J jabs for Louth and Meath over-50s By Michael Carolan Meanwhile, the HSE test site in Drogheda is to open for an additional three days
An additional 10,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine are to be administered to 50-69-year-olds in Louth and Meath.
Local Fine Gael TD
Fergus O Dowd says he expects the rollout to happen over the next seven to 10 days:
The Dáil has heard calls to change the vaccine roll-out for people aged 60 to 70.
It comes as a new study has shown the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are not as effective against the Indian variant of the virus after just one dose.
Covid-19 walk-in test centre to open in Drogheda next week By Simon Doyle It comes as the area has recorded an incidence rate over two times the national average.
A temporary walk-in COVID-19 test centre is to open for three days in Drogheda to detect asymptomatic cases.
The facility at the Bolton Square Carpark on Bolton Street (Eircode: A92 DKR0) will open from next Tuesday, May 18th until Thursday May 20th.
People living locally who have no symptoms of the virus will be able to attend from 10am-6pm daily.
Only those aged 16 and over are allowed to attend, while anyone who has tested positive for the virus in the past six months is not invited to attend.