Coronavirus: Westmeath Has Third Highest 14-Day Incidence Rate In The Country Vaccine: A Professor of Immunology thinks young people here need to be vaccinated in the Autumn due to the transmissibility of the UK variant. Trinity College Dublin Professor Kingston Mills says most cases of covid 19 are in the 19 to 24 year old age group, followed by 14 to 19 year-olds. He says it's already happening in the US which has now got approval to use the Pfizer vaccine in children. Mullingar's Professor Mills says teenagers and kids need to get vaccinated as they're affected most by transmissibility:
Hospitals: The number of Covid patients in public hospitals dropped to 111 last night - the lowest since last September.