Stephen Donnelly: AstraZeneca vaccine delivery delays 'very frustrating'

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly: Government will 'wait and see' what effect the potential slowdown of Johnson & Johnson vaccines would have on Ireland's vaccination programme. File picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The ongoing delays of AstraZeneca vaccine delivery are "very frustrating", but the target to vaccinate 82% of eligible adults by June is still intact, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.

He was speaking on RTÉ television as the HSE confirmed that it would miss its first-quarter target for vaccines administered and 30 new deaths and 311 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed.