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I once (actually many times) heard Huey Lewis croon, “So take me away, I don’t mind. But you better promise me, I’ll be back in time. Gotta get back in time.” Never wanting to disappoint one of my musical heroes, let’s fire up the Delorean and get back to January 18, 1976. As we arrive, I have no bars on my phone. Wonder why? So I pick up a newspaper and see where full diplomatic relations were established between Bangladesh and Pakistan...five years after the Bangladesh Liberation Wa...

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AN INFECTIOUS diseases expert has admitted he is "nervous" at the timeline of Irelands Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Ireland should be purchasing vaccines direct from manufacturers to add to the ‘trickle’ arriv...

Updated: 14 Jan 2021, 8:38 AN EXPERT has warned Ireland "will take years to get back to normal" under the current "unambitious" Covid-19 vaccination plan. Professor Jack Lambert, consultant in infectious diseases at the Mater Hospital, said the Government should be purchasing jabs directly from manufactures on top of the "trickle" of vaccines arriving under the EU agreement. 2 2 He told Newstalk: “I think we should get vaccines from wherever we can. “We are part of the European Union but I ...

It is feared we are not vaccinating close to enough people.

HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly is under pressure to explain why staff in a private hospital, which refused to sign a deal to give the HSE extras beds, are being vaccinated ahead of other public healthcare workers. Staff in the Denis O’Brien-owned Beacon Hospital were vaccinated this week as the facility is to be used as a mass vaccination centre. HSE chief executive Paul Reid expressed “concern” about the plan as the Beacon refused to sign up to the Government’s private hospital deal....

Experts have warned that a new strain of Covid-19 which can stick better to surfaces could be on the way. Medical Virologist Dr Cillian De Gasgun has said that new Covid-19 variants are expected to emerge over the coming months. This comes as the Department of Health has recorded a further 28 Covid-19 related deaths in the Republic of Ireland today. Some 26 of these deaths occurred in January 2021. The date of death for two of these reported deaths remains under investigation. Some 3,955 more c...

Experts have warned that a new strain of Covid-19 which can stick better to surfaces could be on the way.

Share this article Ireland is on track to vaccinate more than four million people against the coronavirus by the end of September, according to the Health Minister. In a letter to TDs last night, Stephen Donnelly said 700,000 people should be vaccinated before April. He said a further 7.5 million doses should the arrive in Ireland between April and October. This would allow for the vaccination of 4.2 million people by October. “We expect to receive approximately 3.7 million does from April to...