Memo to detail phases in which different sections of society will receive vaccine first

Nursing home residents will be first in line for Ireland's Covid-19 vaccines under a plan due before the Government today. File picture

Nursing home residents will be given the first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will bring a memo to Cabinet this morning laying out the country's Covid vaccine allocation strategy, which includes details on what is being called the "sequencing" or the phases in which different sections of society receive doses of the vaccine.