Immunologist: Vaccine glitches unsurprising given gaps in the health system 

People getting double-booked for vaccinations and delays in contacting vulnerable patients come from gaps which could have been addressed before Covid-19, according to Prof Cliona O'Farrelly. Picture:  Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Glitches in the vaccine rollout were to be expected given all the issues which existed in the health service before the pandemic struck, a leading immunologist has said.

People getting double-booked for vaccinations and delays in contacting vulnerable patients come from gaps which could have been addressed before Covid-19, according to Cliona O'Farrelly, professor of comparative immunology at Trinity College Dublin.