A third of nursing homes have an open Covid-19 outbreak

HSE CEO Paul Reid is hoping the HSE will achieve "at least one million Covid vaccines a month" from April, while Anne O’Connor, Chief Operations Officer of the HSE warned of the challenge ahead to catch up with non-Covid care. Photo: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

One-third of nursing homes still have an open Covid-19 outbreak, health officials confirmed.

This startling figure demonstrates the pressing need to complete the vaccination programme.