Call to allow pharmacists vaccinate healthcare staff with AstraZeneca

'We need to start using AstraZeneca and get it into people’s arms,' said secretary-general of the Irish Pharmacy Union, Darragh O’Loughlin 

The secretary-general of the Irish Pharmacy Union, Darragh O’Loughlin has called on the HSE to allow pharmacists use the AstraZeneca vaccine to vaccinate the remaining health care workers awaiting vaccination so GPs could focus on using Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the older cohort.

Pharmacists can vaccinate onsite or they could provide the service in halls, community centres – where ever required, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.