Latest Covid-19 Vaccine – Document Shows When Average Healthy Person In Ireland Will Receive Vaccine

This morning, the cabinet signed a Covid-19 vaccination strategy that will likely decide when people across the country will get the vaccine.

The plan separates people into what the government calls “Vaccine Assignment Groups” and places adults 65 and older in long-term care facilities first in line to receive the vaccine.

The Government emphasizes that the groupings are only provisional for now and that “they will evolve and adapt with more detailed information on the vaccines and their effectiveness”.

However, what we have this morning is a plan for the distribution of a vaccine that could rescue normality from the clutches of a deadly virus.

Here’s a full breakdown of the different groups and their placement in the vaccine pecking order:

1. Adults over 65 years of age in long-term care facilities

As expected, priority will be given to those in nursing homes and nursing homes over the age of 65 when it is time to distribute the vaccine. The reason, says the government, is that they are at “higher risk of serious illness and death.”

2. Frontline healthcare workers in direct contact with patients

Next in line are our front-line healthcare workers, at least those who interact with patients or who are at risk of exposure to body fluids or aerosols. Figures released by the government show that in the first wave, more than 30% of the cases were among health workers.

3. Adults aged 70 and over

Next, adults over 70 will be vaccinated, grouped in the following order:

• 80 to 84 years
• 75 to 79 years
• 70 to 74 years

4. Other healthcare workers who are not in direct contact with patients.

Healthcare workers, even those who are not in direct contact with patients, will be next in line for the jab. This, says the government, is because they provide “essential health services” and “protect patients.”

5. Adults 65 to 69 years old

The government says adults ages 65 to 69 are at “higher risk of hospitalization and death” as a result of Covid-19. .

6. Key workers

The definition of key worker is not simple, but what we have for now are those that are considered to provide “essential services for social and economic activity.”

The Government admits that more details are needed on who exactly falls into this category.

7. Vulnerable adults from 18 to 64 years old with diseases

Those with diseases that “put them at high risk for serious illness” are as follows. The rational? They are at higher risk of hospitalization if they contract the virus.

8. Long-term care facility residents ages 18 to 64

Another vulnerable group that will be vaccinated en bloc, adults under 64 years of age in health centers represent a “high risk of transmission” in the eyes of the State.

9. Adults between 18 and 64 years old living in overcrowded dwellings

Those who belong to disadvantaged socioeconomic groups, “where self-isolation and social distancing is difficult to maintain”, will be next. It is not specified, but it appears that it could include those living in direct supply centers.

10. Key workers in essential jobs who cannot avoid high risk of exposure

There is more specificity when it comes to this group: government refers to workers in the food supply system, public and commercial transportation, and other vital services. These people are at higher risk because they cannot work without social distancing.

11. Who are essential for education

Elementary and middle school teachers, special needs aides, child care workers, maintenance workers, school bus drivers and probably more fit into this category as the Government continues to prioritize keeping schools open full time.

12. Adults 55 to 64 years old

The reason this group has been listed next is because they are at risk of being hospitalized.

13. People in third-level institutes, entertainment industries and production of goods

The next group are adults whose jobs are important to the functioning of society, but who can work if they follow protective measures.

14. Adults ages 18 to 54 who have not yet received the vaccine.

If you are an adult between the ages of 18 and 54 and do not fall into any of the categories listed above, you will contract the virus at stage 14 of your deployment.

The government is waiting for more evidence, but says that if vaccines prove to prevent transmission, then 18-34-year-olds should be prioritized because they have more social contacts, which could lead to further transmission.

15. Children, adolescents up to 18 years of age and pregnant women

Last but not least come children and pregnant women. The rationale behind pregnant women appears to be that they should only take it if there is minimal risk, while children and adolescents are known to be at less risk than any other group.