Expert urges Ireland to consider single-dose policy to cut Covid cases

Infectious diseases expert Dr Gabriel Scally said even a single dose offered protection from death and hospitalisation.

Infectious diseases expert Dr Gabriel Scally has said that Ireland should review its decision not to use the AstraZeneca vaccine on the over-65s and consider a single-dose policy to reduce the number of cases.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin should contact UK prime minister Boris Johnson to request extra vaccines for Ireland, he told Newstalk Breakfast.