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Almost 500,000 vaccine doses to have been administered ‘by end of next week’

Extra doses Professor MacCraith was speaking to Newstalk Breakfast ahead of the expected approval by Cabinet of the purchase of almost a million extra doses of the Moderna vaccine. It is hoped that up to one million doses of the vaccine will be delivered to Ireland by July. Originally the Government had signed up to about 880,000 vaccines from the US drug firm with the EU advanced purchase scheme, but this figure is now due to increase to about 1.75 million doses, Prof MacCraith said. Meanwhile, the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are due to arrive at the beginning or middle of nex...

Up to 300,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered by the end of March due to supply issues. On Friday, chair of the vaccine taskforce Professor Brian MacCraith confirmed that Ireland will now only get 1.1million doses of Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca in the next two months. It was originally expected that Ireland would receive 1.4 million vaccines in 2021’s first quarter. Up to 300,000 fewer doses will be carried out by the end of March due to supply issues. Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins Prof MacCraith also said that he expects a 50% decrease in the AstraZeneca vaccine afte...

oh jabby day Top professor declares ‘good day’ in Ireland’s fight against Covid-19 as EU approves jab with two others in pipeline 30 Jan 2021, 8:30 IRELAND received three major injections of hope in the war against Covid-19 yesterday with a new vaccine approved by the EU and two others coming in the pipeline. The European Medicines Agency yesterday gave the green light for countries to start using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for all people over the age of 18. 4 4 Biochemistry Professor at UCC Tom Cotter American drug company Johnson & Johnson also released data from their vaccine tr...

Ireland faces vaccines shortfall of 300,000 amid bitter row in Europe over supply AstraZeneca warns of ‘signficant drop’ in supply, Oireachtas commitee is told Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 11:00 Updated: Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 14:10 The State is forecasting a shortfall of 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses in the first three months of the year, chair of the vaccine taskforce Brian MacCraith has confirmed. Video: Oireachtas TV GP and Member of the National Covid Liaison committee Dr Ray Walley administering the Moderna vaccine to GP Kathleen McClory, of the Malahide Family Practice, at a vaccinati...