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Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme chugging along steadily after sluggish start
- Health
- January 18, 2021, 01:00
Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is neither as bad, nor as good, as has been claimed over the past week. It is far from the “miserable failure” cl(...)

Deaths spur Norway concern at Covid vaccine safety for vulnerable elderly
- Europe
- January 16, 2021, 21:57
Norway has expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc vaccine for elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after (...)

Low-income countries rush to access Covid-19 vaccines
- World
- January 16, 2021, 10:34
There are triumphant scenes as lorries leave a vaccine plant in Pune, India, loaded with boxes that will prevent thousands of deaths. Adar Poonawalla,(...)

EU states warn of risks to vaccination credibility as Pfizer slows supplies
- Europe
- January 16, 2021, 07:43
European governments said the credibility of their vaccination programmes was at risk on Friday after US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer announced a tempo(...)

Covid-19 vaccine: HSE extends interval between first and second jabs in move to vaccinate more people
- Health
- January 15, 2021, 12:08
The HSE is extending the interval between the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from 21 to 28 days in a move that will spread the benefit(...)

The Irish Times view on Covid-19 vaccination programmes: we have to get this right
- Editorial
- January 13, 2021, 19:00
At no stage in Ireland’s Covid-19 crisis has the situation been more alarming, with case numbers at once-unthinkable levels, hospitals under pressure (...)

Covid-19: Hospital defends vaccination of staff not working on frontline
- Health
- January 13, 2021, 14:44
St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin has defended giving the Covid-19 vaccine to non-frontline staff who were not officially due to receive it u(...)

First doses of Moderna vaccine arrive in Ireland as EU chief defends supply
- Health & Pharma
- January 12, 2021, 19:47
The first shipment of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Ireland on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the HSE confirmed that they had received the fi(...)

What is Ireland’s plan for vaccinating people against Covid-19?
- Health
- January 11, 2021, 16:27
What are Ireland’s plans for vaccinating people against Covid-19? An implementation plan for rollout of vaccines was published last December, but at (...)

Moderna starts shipping supplies of Covid-19 vaccine in Europe
- Health & Pharma
- January 11, 2021, 12:58
Moderna started shipping the first supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe on Monday. The company, which secured EU approval for its vaccine last(...)