Covid-19 vaccines for children continue to be rolled out across the North West
Vaccinations against Covid-19 are still available, and will be rolled out in Sligo and Leitrim to children between the ages of 6 months and 11 years next week. Cases of Covid-19 have been slowly rising in Ireland in the last number of weeks. The clinics for children in Sligo will…
HSE encourage people to attend Covid vaccine clinics
Clinics remain open across the North West for people to top up on their vaccinations for protection against Covid-19. In Sligo, people can call to the Vaccination Centre in the Sligo Development Centre on the Cleveragh Road on Tuesday April 18th, Wednesday April 19th, Friday April 21st, and Saturday April…
Frustration as some GP practices wait for vaccines
A GP practice in Cavan has not yet received Covid vaccinations for its over-85 patients while another in south Donegal has had to cancel a clinic due to vaccines being unavailable. Bayview Family Practice in Ballyshannon had planned to have a covid vaccination clinic this Thursday. However, it says patients…
MacSharry says Ireland should do side-deals to get more vaccines
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called on the Health Minister to do a side-deal to get greater quantities of the COVID vaccine. It’s after Germany broke out of the EU’s combined purchase effort to get more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Ireland is getting 1.1 per cent of an agreed group…