Vaccine Roll Out to Begin
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The first Covid-19 vaccine in the Republic will be administered today.
The roll out of the vaccine programme will start at four hospitals, Beaumont and St James in Dublin, and Cork and Galway University Hospitals.
HSE chief executive Paul Reid says today represents a beacon of light in the fight against Covid, and is urging people to unite behind the vaccine programme.
Today, a great beacon of light starts to shine, as we commence our vaccination programme. Let s all galvanise and unite behind this. It will take time but stay positive, stay safe, stick with us and we will get there. @HSELive#COVID19
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Ireland s first Covid-19 vaccines will be administered today in four hospitals across the country.
The first jabs will be given at Dublin s St James and Beaumont Hospital as well as Cork University and Galway University Hospitals.
HSE Chief Paul Reid described the day as a beacon of light as Ireland steps into the next stage of the pandemic recovery.
Mr Reid said: Today, a great beacon of light starts to shine, as we commence our vaccination programme.
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The Cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss the rapid spread of COVID-19 amid a sharp rise in hospital admissions.
There are more people in hospital with coronavirus today than any date since May 15th.
409 patients are in hospital with the virus, which is 49 more than yesterday.
It is significantly more than the peak during the second wave, when 354 people were hospitalised on October 27th.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed that the unscheduled Cabinet meeting would take place tomorrow to consider advice from NPHET.
It is understood Ministers will consider recommendations from the National Public Health Emergency Team to implement level five restrictions.
Around 2,000 vaccinations are expected to take place in the hospital settings with rollout set to begin in more than 580 nursing homes around the country from next week.
The Chair of COVID vaccine taskforce, Professor Brian MacCraith said Annie s is a great story. Born in Christchurch, grew up in the Liberties, she has been in hospital for a number of weeks, he said. Sadly, her husband passed away a couple of weeks before her admission. She has ten grandchildren, one of whom actually works in the ICU department in St James’s so that has a nice turn to it as well.
Emergency cabinet meeting called as the number of new COVID-19 cases hits 1,546 today By Michael Carolan
1,546 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 additional deaths have been confirmed today.
Of the cases notified today:
757 are men / 788 are women
66% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 34 years old
444 in Dublin, 203 in Cork,
111 in Louth, 87 in Limerick, 85 in Donegal and the remaining 616 cases are spread across all other counties, including
65 in Meath.
As of 2pm today, 411 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. There have been 47 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “We have reached a significant milestone in our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, with the launch of our national vaccination programme. To see the first recipients of the vaccine gives us hope for better times ahead, particularly for those of us who are