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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has informed the Dáil that he expects the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) to issue a recommendation on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine early next week. Video: Oireachtas TV
The Covid-19 vaccine portal is to open for online registration of people aged 60-64. Photograph: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) will not issue a recommendation on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine until next week.
Government to consider extending interval between Covid vaccine doses Donnelly awaiting recommendation from deputy chief medical officer and vaccination taskforce
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The taskforce is to examine what the impact of potentially increasing the weeks between vaccine doses would have on the rollout. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he expects a recommendation “in the coming days” on whether to extend the interval between the first and second dose of Covid-19 vaccines from four weeks to a longer period of up to 12 weeks.
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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced last night that the country s mandatory hotel quarantine system would not accept any new bookings until Monday.