Fourth wave warning; we need 100% vaccine coverage says Cork-based expert
Professor Killeen said that total universal coverage of the population with the vaccine should see an end to the spread of Covid-19 but that reopening the country “before there s 100% vaccine coverage is the recipe for disaster”.
Breda Graham
A Cork-based expert in the field of infectious disease has warned that reopening the country before there s 100% vaccine coverage across the whole population “is the recipe for disaster”.
Comparing the current situation in Irish hospitals to that of African hospitals dealing with malaria, AXA Research Chair of Applied Pathogen Ecology at University College Cork (UCC) Gerry Killeen said that it was predictable from the beginning.
Bantry General Hospital rolls out vaccine; Nursing home programme accelerated
The HSE confirmed to West Cork TD Christopher O’Sullivan that vaccinations at Bantry General Hospital would commence today. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin.
Breda Graham
Almost 500 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have arrived at Bantry General Hospital.
The HSE confirmed to West Cork TD Christopher O’Sullivan that vaccinations would commence for frontline staff this afternoon.
Bantry General Hospital now joins other hospitals in the Cork region that have been vaccinating healthcare workers at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19.
It comes following the news that the vaccination programme, which commenced in nursing homes in the past week will be further accelerated to deliver the first dose of vaccinations to all nursing home residents and staff over the coming two weeks.
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