# covid-19-vaccine - Saturday 20 March, 2021
# Back Again
The European Medicines Agency reviewed the AstraZeneca vaccine and has concluded that it is safe and effective. The EU is threatening AstraZeneca with an export ban. There are 328 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals around Ireland as of this morning.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Health
# Health
In Ireland, Moderna has made up a small proportion of the number of vaccines administered.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Sneem
# Sneem
The Sneem Health Centre received enough doses to vaccinate all over 70s.
# covid-19-vaccine - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
A social media post has drawn incorrect conclusions to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective.
# covid-19-vaccine - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Health
# Health
Moving people with underlying conditions to a higher position on the vaccine priority list would be “fair and reasonable”, the Taoiseach has said.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Rolled Out
# Rolled Out
People aged 85 and older are next in line to receive the vaccine.
# covid-19-vaccine - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
The research was carried out by the University of Bristol and King’s College London.
# covid-19-vaccine - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Rolled Out
# Rolled Out
Frontline healthcare workers have received 89,900 doses, including 76,100 first doses and 13,800 second doses.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Scam
# Scam
Gardaí, the HSE and the Department of Health have emphasised that your GP would be the first point of contact about the Covid vaccine.
# covid-19-vaccine - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Frontline
# Frontline
Current supply is being used to provide second doses to those who have already received their first dose.
# Covid-19 Vaccine
# Covid-19 Vaccine
The British Medical Association said extending the gap between the first and second Pfizer vaccine doses is not justified by the science.
# covid-19-vaccine - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Vaccine Strategy
# Vaccine Strategy
RGDATA is asking for frontline retail staff to be vaccinated quicker.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 19 January, 2021
# Fire Up
# Fire Up
Significant numbers of firefighters are still waiting to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 18 January, 2021
# Rotunda
# Rotunda
It comes a similar controversy at the Coombe Hospital was reported last night.
# covid-19-vaccine - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Looking Ahead
# Looking Ahead
An early delivery would be sent to GPs and pharmacies to be ready for use when the vaccine approved.
# Shipment
# Shipment
The Pfizer plant in Belgium is working to increase capacity.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
A false claim on social media suggests that a Pfizer document said vaccine recipients should not have unprotected sex for 28 days after receiving their second dose.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Red C Research
# Red C Research
71% said they would get the Covid-19 vaccine, which is higher than in Germany or France, and lower than in the UK.
# covid-19-vaccine - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Arrival
# Arrival
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 has arrived in Ireland.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Inoc-yule-ation
# Inoc-yule-ation
Germany’s Bild newspaper reports that the European Medicines Agency will now meet on 23 December.
# Vaccination Plan
# Vaccination Plan
DCU communications expert Dr Padraig Murphy says Government must get the vaccine messaging right.
# Roll Out Plan
# Roll Out Plan
The report aims to set out the entire vaccination process – from procurement to storage to inoculation.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 14 December, 2020
# Roll Out
# Roll Out
Dr Glynn said three quarters of Irish people are likely to accept a Covid-19 vaccine.
# covid-19-vaccine - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
False claims have spread on social media about Covid-19 testing and vaccination.
# covid-19-vaccine - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# The Common Good
# The Common Good
Neither the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine nor the Moderna vaccine were developed using foetal tissue.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
Margaret Keenan said: “If I can have it at 90 then you can have it too… Go for it.”
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 7 December, 2020
# Pfizer BioNTech
# Pfizer BioNTech
Vaccinations will be administered at dozens of hospital hubs from Tuesday.
# covid-19-vaccine - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Mixed Messaging
# Mixed Messaging
Simon Harris has said that TDs should support advice from public health experts as a vaccination programme is rolled out at the start of next year.
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Let’s take a look at how trials for the Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines have involved older age groups.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 4 December, 2020
# Special Delivery
# Special Delivery
The vaccine will be rolled out in Northern Ireland from next week.
# covid-19-vaccine - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Vaccine Race
# Vaccine Race
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the UK has the ‘best medical regulator’.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Moderna
# Moderna
The Cabinet is also due to be updated on the progress to date of the Government’s new task force on the delivery of vaccines.
# covid-19-vaccine - Sunday 29 November, 2020
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
Stephen Donnelly has said that a vaccine will likely be available in Ireland early in 2021.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 20 November, 2020
# All I Want For Christmas
# All I Want For Christmas
Micheál Martin told Virgin Media that the Covid-19 vaccine “gives us hope, and enables us to say, ‘let’s double down’.”
# covid-19-vaccine - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
People who are most vulnerable to Covid-19 will be the immediate priority of government.
# covid-19-vaccine - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Vaccine Trials
# Vaccine Trials
The Mexican government is working with the company AstraZeneca to carry out trials of the Oxford vaccine.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 4 September, 2020
# The Lancet
# The Lancet
Russia surprised the world when it announced the development of a vaccine last month.
# covid-19-vaccine - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
A clip from a speech Varadkar made at the Global Vaccine Summit has been used to claim he said he supports forced vaccination for everyone in Ireland.
# covid-19-vaccine - Friday 14 August, 2020
# Elisa Granato
# Elisa Granato
Elisa Granato was one of the first volunteers in a Covid-19 vaccine trial in the UK – and she’s alive and well.
# covid-19-vaccine - Monday 10 August, 2020
# Volunteers
# Volunteers
Volunteers can sign up to a registry to link researchers with potential trial participants.