Explainer: Here's what we know about Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine
The vaccine is expected to get the green light from the EU regulator on Thursday.
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The vaccine is expected to get the green light from the EU regulator on Thursday.
54,691 vaccines were administered last week to over 85s in GP settings.
Ireland is currently only using this vaccine for people aged 18-69.
The beloved country music star (75) broke into song while getting the jab and adapted one of her best-known ballads Jolene.
The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use in the European Union in early March.
The drive to administer first and second doses of vaccines across the North’s care homes has been completed.
This represents some 238,000 people.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed the change this evening.
The vaccines are reported to be designated for inoculating medical teams.
G7 countries have pledged to more than double aid to support vaccine access for less wealthy countries.
It emerged after the announcement of 37 locations that a number of the venues were not fully confirmed.
In an interview with TheJournal.ie today, Martin said the rollout of the vaccination programme may give the government “better choices”.
The study also observed efficacy in asymptomatic patients.
Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council that 130 countries had not received a single dose of vaccine.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the purchase this afternoon.
The Minister for Health has sought advice on the sequencing list.
The minister released a list of 37 locations for vaccination centres yesterday.
Some 600,000 people took part in the study.
Family doctors in Budapest could choose five persons each to send for the jab at four hospitals in the capital.
The HSE has provided an update on the vaccination programme.
The pharmaceutical giant is ramping up production of the current Oxford/AstraZeneca to 200 million doses a month by April.
Global health leaders have said the jab can be given to all adults, despite a number of countries opting not to give it to over 65s.
The move was quickly reversed after much criticism from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain.
As of 8pm yesterday, 1,012 Covid patients were in Irish hospitals.
The independent MEP said “the most glaring problem in the last three or four weeks has been the delay in the rollout”.
1,100 patients with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals, including 173 in critical care.
Researchers are working to update the vaccine to deal with the South African variant.
People aged 70 and over are set to be vaccinated in GP practices and vaccine centres.
The plan for those aged over 70 has changed.
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The HSE has provided an update on the vaccine programme.
The UK-based firm is teaming up with Germany’s CureVac.
Stephen Donnelly said that 1.1 million doses of Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccines are to be delivered by the end of March.
People aged 85 and older are next in line to receive the vaccine.
There’s been growing anger over the EU’s inoculation campaign, which has been criticised as too slow.
The EU will receive 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first three months of 2021.
Politicians across Ireland and the UK were left blindsided by the move by the EU over concerns about the supply of Covid vaccines.
The bloc backtracked on the move, imposed unilaterally as it faces shortfalls on vaccine supplies.
The vaccine – of which Ireland is due to receive more three million doses – will not be available until the end of the year, at the earliest.