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Public health officials have confirmed that the Covid-19 vaccination centre in Nenagh will open tomorrow. The facility at the Abbey Court Hotel will be the hub for vaccination of thousands of people across north Tipperary in the coming months, starting with those in the 65-69 year old age group. UL Hospitals Group has confirmed the Nenagh centre, as well as the centre at the West County Hotel in Ennis, will open tomorrow. Over 130,000 people in the 65-69 year old age bracket have already registered for their vaccination since last week. Colette Cowan, CEO, UL Hospitals Group and Chair of the MidWest Integrated Covid 19 Vaccination Steering Group, said:
Home » Breaking News » Ennis mass vaccination clinic set to open tomorrow The Mass Vaccination Clinic at the West County Hotel in Ennis which will open from Monday, April 26. Ennis mass vaccination clinic set to open tomorrow April 20, 2021 UL Hospitals Group has this afternoon confirmed that the Ennis and Nenagh mass vaccination clinics will now open tomorrow (Wednesday, April 21). The planned date for opening of the two centres had been next Monday, April 26, however, CEO of the UL Hospitals Group and Chair of the Mid-West Integrated Covid-19 Vaccination Steering Group today confirmed that the centres would open ahead of schedule. “We are delighted to now open vaccination centres in Ennis and Nenagh a few days in advance of our initial planned date. Over 130,000 people in the 65-69-year-old cohort around the country have already registered for their Covid-19 vaccination and appointments are being offered at the most convenient location based on the information submitted during registration,” she said.
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A memo seen by the Irish Independent, dated January 19, asked Mr Cullen for assurances that the Beacon was in compliance with strict HSE vaccine sequencing rules. The memo drew attention to the rules and guidelines set out in “the Sequencing of Covid-19 Vaccination of Frontline Healthcare Workers”. Trevor O’Callaghan, CEO of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, writing on behalf of the Covid-19 Vaccination Steering Group, asked all hospital CEOs to account for any deviation from vaccination protocol. “If there has been any deviation from this guidance can you advise re number of staff involved and circumstance around rationale for same,” he said.
Beacon Hospital CEO Michael Cullen was warned to stick to strict vaccination guidance just weeks before it distributed jabs to teachers at his children’s private school.
Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) said on Thursday the state will start preparing to vaccinate teachers and education sector workers against coronavirus. Vaccinations are planned to start in mid-February. The plan will be created by the Vaccination Steering Group at the Ministry of Social Affairs, the minister wrote in a Facebook post. Kersna explained that vaccinating teachers ensures a more stable learning environment for children and helps to avoid having to suddenly move to distance learning. "As a first step, we would like to vaccinate general education teachers, kindergarten teachers and vocational school teachers," Kersna told ERR. The vaccination plan also includes hobby education teachers.
Over 2,300 healthcare workers with the UL Hospital Group received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week. The first vaccines were administered at University Hospital Limerick last Monday, and at Ennis General on Wednesday. The figure has been released by senior hospital group official Margaret Gleeson, Chairperson of the Group’s COVID-19 Vaccination Steering […]
The COVID-19 vaccination programme for Mid-West healthcare workers was rolled out to Ennis Hospital today. The arrival of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the County Clare capital town this Wednesday has been welcomed by frontline healthcare workers who have been challenged as never before throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first healthcare worker at the hospital to be vaccinated was Dr Mary Kennedy of the Medical Assessment Unit, who received her vaccine from Staff Nurse Caroline Mulligan. Dr Kennedy said: “This is a day we have all been waiting for in Ennis Hospital and the arrival of these vaccines gives us all hope that an end is in sight.”