Vaccination of 160,000 people with serious conditions to begin next week

HSE Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said most will get vaccinated in hospital settings, though he stressed this is still being worked out.

Up to 160,000 people with cancer, cystic fibrosis and other serious illnesses are to start receiving their Covid-19 vaccinations from next week, the HSE has confirmed. 

Those are people in group 4 of the vaccine priority list aged between 16-69 who have serious underlying medical conditions that put them at very high risk from the virus.