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Homeless people in Dublin are the first to start receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
It’s hoped 700 doses of the vaccines will be administered to homeless people by the end of next week.
It’s the first time the one shot jab has been administered in public.
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine is regarded as being the best vaccine for hard to reach communities.
It’s one shot meaning once someone gets it, they are fully vaccinated after two weeks.
It s a further boost to the vaccine rollout programme.
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Elsewhere it’s emerged Pfizer will be offering its vaccine to Ireland’s Olympic athletes and all athletes worldwide heading to the Tokyo Games.
Tokyo Irish Olympic Team to be Vaccinated Directly By Pfizer Biontech
6th May 2021
Tokyo Olympic sailors Sean Waddilove (left) and Robert Dickson will be vaccincated as part of their team Ireland membership
The Olympic Federation of Ireland and Paralympics Ireland today welcomed the outcome of talks between the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Pfizer Biontech which paves the way for the vaccination of Irish Olympic and Paralympic teams at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Vaccinations for the accredited Irish Olympic and Paralympic athletes and support teams expecting to travel to Tokyo, which numbers in the low hundreds, will be made available directly by Pfizer Biontech. It will be supplementary to any existing delivery agreements between Pfizer and the Irish Government, which through the EU allocation, has increased very significantly in recent weeks.
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Pfizer/BioNTech to directly provide vaccines for all Olympic athletes and support staff
The arrangement will be supplementary to any existing delivery agreements between Pfizer and the Irish government. By AFP Thursday 6 May 2021, 12:07 PM 9 hours ago 12,263 Views 34 Comments
Athletes and supervisors at the FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo earlier this week.
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US DRUGS GIANT Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday announced a deal with the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to provide vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo games.
It means that vaccinations for the accredited Irish Olympic and Paralympic athletes as well as their support teams expecting to travel to Tokyo, which numbers in the low hundreds, will be made available directly by