500,000th Covid vaccine administered in the region
The vaccination centres in the West and North West have hit the milestone of delivering 500,000 vaccines since the first vaccination centre opened at the end of February. Paul Hooton is the Saolta Executive Lead for the rollout of the vaccination programme in the West and North West. Today, he…
Sligo and Leitrim walk-in vaccination centres ‘resounding success’
The majority of people availing of the walk in vaccination centres in Sligo and Leitrim were aged between 16 and 19 years old, although an 83 year turned up at the centre in Sligo. Head of the HSE, Paul Reid, Tweeted that there was such a turnout in Carrick on…
Feighan says pharmacies’ involvement in vaccine rollout is a major advance
Minister of State at the Department of Health and Sligo/Leitrim TD Frank Feighan says the rollout of the Covid vaccine in pharmacies throughout Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal is an importance advance in fighting the virus. The Janssen single-dose vaccine, made by Johnson & Johnson, is available to people over the…
Arrangements for pregnant women to receive Covid vaccine at IT Sligo
Sligo University Hospital is arranging for women between 14 and 36 weeks pregnant to get their COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination centre at IT Sligo. That’s according to a statement issued this morning from the Saolta University Health Care Group. The statement is in relation to the Covid-19 Vaccine for…
Councillor highlights difficulties with online vaccine registration: HSE responds
A Leitrim councillor says some older people are having difficulties when it comes to registering on the electronic booking system for Covid vaccinations. Sinn Fein Councillor Padraig Fallon says says poor mobile internet coverage is one problem while people who are not regular attenders with their GP are also losing…
One millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose to be administered today
The one millionth dose of Covid-19 vaccine is due to be administered in Ireland today. The administration of the vaccine today comes after 9 further Covid-19 related deaths have been recorded by the Department of Health and 443 new cases of the disease were reported. 17 of the cases were…
Non hospital healthcare staff in Sligo being vaccinated from this week
Healthcare staff across Sligo are being vaccinated at the newly established Vaccination Centre in the Knocknarea Arena at IT Sligo from this week. The majority of frontline workers in hospitals have received their first and second dose but thousands of workers not in hospitals are to receive their doses. Minister…