Vaccine will be to 'a step towards normality' at Waterford nursing home

Staff and residents of Maypark House Nursing Home are relieved and excited to receive the COVID19 vaccine this Thursday, the first nursing home in Waterford to receive the long awaited vaccine. Left to right Mathew Kuriakose Senior Nurse Manager, Mr William Power resident, Laura Sheridan Director of Nursing, Ms Tessa Erskine resident and Lucille Ferraran Health Care Assistant. Picture: Laura Sheridan, Director of Nursing

Residents at a Waterford nursing home, who will be among the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine, say it is a 'step towards normality.'

Director of nursing at Maypark House nursing home Laura Sheridan said every resident accepted the vaccine, with some light-hearted teasing among them already as to who will get the first jab on Thursday morning.