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HEALTH workers in Cork had more than the sun to smile on on Good Friday: they arrived at City Hall to receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The security personnel guaranteed the safety of the people, upon the arrival of their vaccine and their departure.
People arrived today at 8 in the morning and continued to be vaccinated until 8 at night. The facility is a joint project between the South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare.
There were 10 booths, with a plan to vaccinate between 750 and 800 health workers during the course of the day.
When the vaccination center is fully operational, its total of 30 booths will be fully used.
Cork Mayor Joe Kavanagh said that starting Tuesday, the center will be used to vaccinate people according to groupings identified within the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination allocation strategy.
Mr. Kavanagh said it was great to see people arrive for their shots and that there was “a lot of activity” at City Hall this morning, with security and signage for people’s safety.
The Mayor said it was “great to be able to offer such a wonderful facility” to vaccinate the people of Cork City.
“The City Council is really in the heart of the city and in the heart of the Cork people, and it is the Cork people who are giving it to the HSE to use for this particular purpose,” said Kavanagh.
“It is on a bus route and people can take their bus inside and by bus home and it is easy to access and there are also parking lots around the City Hall. There is nothing more central than the City Hall.
“It’s great for us to be able to offer it and there will be a lot of vaccines to be given there over the next several weeks and months, which is vitally important,” he said.
Upon arrival at City Hall, rendezvous enter the building on Anglesea Street, past the tented area at the front of the building and into a reception area.
People’s details are taken and then assigned to a booth where the vaccine will be administered, before they head to the Millennium Hall, which is an observation area. People sit there for 15 minutes after receiving the jab to make sure they have no side effects.
The mayor acknowledged the frustration of the people when seeing the area of tents installed in the City Hall during the last weeks, but without any activity.
“He’s been in tents there for the last eight or nine weeks,” Kavanagh said. “I can appreciate the frustration of so many people, when they see that the City Council has tents and nothing happens there, so it’s great to see that everything starts now.”
He said it is essential to maintain a constant flow of vaccines in the center and stressed the importance of Cork opening another vaccination center, out of a total of 38 throughout the country. He said the opening of the center on Friday was “good news for Cork.”
The South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare expressed their appreciation to the Cork City Council for their continued support in relation to the City Council vaccination center.
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