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The HSE has announced that it will start Covid-19 vaccination one day earlier than planned, but Ireland will remain the third latest EU country to start giving vaccines while the HSE grapples with staff training.
Twenty-seven EU states received their first doses yesterday, and Germany, Hungary and Slovenia began vaccination earlier than planned last night, before doctors from 18 other nations received the vaccine this morning.
Meanwhile, the 10,000 doses from Ireland will remain in cold storage until Tuesday at least after HSE CEO Paul Reid said vaccination could start on the 29th, instead of the 30th as previously planned.
The HSE says it is still finalizing training and education materials for vaccinators and preparing an e-learning program.
Staff at the four vaccination sites must still receive training before the first vaccines can be administered.
By then all EU states except Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands will have administered their first doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.
Earlier today, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said he was “not 100% sure” why there was a delay between the arrival of the vaccine doses and the first administration of the injections, but said that Ireland would catch up with other EU countries a once he was vaccinated. begins.
People 65 and older living in long-term care facilities will be the first to receive the vaccine, followed by front-line health care workers.
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