Experts urge caution on extending gap between doses of vaccines Senior medics say a significant benefit to the vaccination programme would be needed to justify extending the gap
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Coalition sources say following changes to the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the uncertainty around Johnson & Johnson, all options have to be considered to keep the vaccination programme on track. Photograph: Getty Images
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Senior medics and experts have urged caution on extending the gap between doses of Covid-19 vaccines, saying a significant benefit to the vaccination programme would be needed to justify it.
Briefing on the government s response to COVID-19 - Wednesday 14 April 2021
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Good morning.
This week sees us begin a new phase of our journey with COVID-19.
We have more reasons to be hopeful now than at any other time in the pandemic. Our national vaccine programme is well underway. Last week, Ireland reached the milestone of one million vaccines administered. As of last Saturday (10 April), 19.3% of Ireland’s adult population (aged 16+) have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The positive impact is already being felt – for example, the percentage of COVID-19 cases in healthcare workers has been decreasing significantly and is down from 10% of all cases notified at the start of December to less than 2% of cases in the latest 14-day report.
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Economics Correspondent
The CSO has found that despite the record increase in unemployment last year, household incomes actually rose slightly.
In figures released today, the CSO finds that total household disposable income rose because of the large-scale intervention of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.
People on these schemes saw their incomes fall but this was more than offset by higher incomes amongst those at work.
It found that the total wage bill in large parts of the economy like industry, finance and IT rose due to higher earnings per week and more people being employed in these sectors.
Bonds, Daft Punk and checks in the mail
Updated / Saturday, 13 Mar 2021
11:59 Help is here.
That was the simple message tweeted out by US President Joe Biden this week as his American Rescue Plan passed both the Senate and House of Representatives.
The plan contains a staggering $1.9 trillion stimulus for the US economy. It will deliver $1,400 checks, as they call them over there, to millions of Americans and their dependents earning up to $150,000 a year. This will actually be the third round of stimulus checks since the onset of the pandemic
It’s far from being the only aspect of Biden’s stimulus plan, but it’s eye-catching in its simplicity. Of course, there is less of a social security safety net in the US to begin with.