Rollout of vaccine to residents at 125 healthcare locations in Cork and Kerry

Maura Byrne, who survived Covid-19 and lost her husband Donal to the disease in April 2020, received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Hollybrook Lodge, the residential care unit managed by St James’s Hospital in Dublin. Maura is pictured with vaccinator Ruth Hughes. Picture: Anthony Edwards, Clinical Photographer, St James’s Hospital

Residents at more than 125 healthcare locations in Cork and Kerry will receive both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination before the end of February, the HSE has said.

The rollout to 25 residential centres and about 100 nursing homes starts at Killarney Community Hospital on Thursday for residential units.