GPs 'roaring for more supplies' of flu vaccine, says Cork doctor

Dr Mike Thompson who has set up Ireland’s first drive-through flu vaccine clinic at the Market Green Retail Park, Midleton, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A shortage of flu vaccines to meet surging demand this winter has left "every GP in Ireland roaring for more supplies", it has been warned.

Ireland's first formal drive-through flu vaccine clinic, established by Dr Mike Thompson, is to open in Cork this weekend — but a shortage of vaccines has meant activities at the centre have already been scaled back.