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HSE actively considering vaccination centre locations in Cork A spokesperson for Cork Kerry Community Health said that the standing up of these centres will be dependent on vaccine supply and workforce availability. Mary Corcoran THE HSE is currently “actively considering” a number of locations for Covid-vaccination centres in Cork and says it will stand up vaccinations centres when the availability of vaccines is increased. The vaccination centres will be established as a joint project between the South/South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare and will be spread across the Cork and Kerry region “with the aim of ensuring ease of access for as much of the public as possible, while also bearing in mind that each vaccination centre will need to meet many clinical and logistical requirements.” ....
Vaccine teams will begin rolling out the second dose of the COVID-19 Pfzier BioNtech vaccine to residents and staff in Kerry s community hospitals and nursing homes this week. In what is good news for the county, Cork Kerry Community Health-Care has confirmed that all residents and staff in Kerry s residential facilities for the elderly have now received their first dose of the vaccine, and within the coming weeks the roll-out to these facilities will be completed. St Joseph s. Killorglin, pictured here on Saturday morning, was the amongst the final nursing homes to receive the first round of vaccines. The news comes as Tralee is being considered a potential location for a mass-vaccination site. The CEO of the South/South West Hospital group, Gerry O Dwyer, has said a number of locations in Cork and Kerry are under consideration and that priority sites will be announced in the coming weeks. In response to calls from Cllr Mikey Sheehy, for Tralee to be included for mass ....
For many in Kerry it will be a very difficult Christmas as rising COVID-19 cases has led to many families being forced to self-isolate for 14 days for the Christmas period. Much of the recent rise in cases in Kerry which have now topped more than 130 cases since last week Tuesday, have been linked to schools in the county with the largest outbreak in Scoil Mhuire in Killorglin, which was officially closed a week earlier by the Department. Most schools across the county close today (Tuesday) for Christmas holidays but in the past week many have kept children home from school in light of fears about the spread of the virus. In Killorglin dozens of families have been affected by the outbreak but it has also hit other parts of he county as well including Tralee where Presentation Primary sent home a junior infants class early last week following a confirmed case in the school. There has been confirmed cases in almost all of Tralee s schools. Letters were sent to families and c ....