Covid-19: Situation stable and possibly improving, health officials say

Covid-19: Situation stable and possibly improving, health officials say

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the Nphet Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group pictured this evening at a Covid-19 update press conference at the Department of Health. Picture: Stephen Collins

Discussions around the administering of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination will continue “for some time”, the deputy chief medical officer has said, after a potential rare clotting incident was identified in the State.

On Tuesday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded that there was a possible link between the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and rare blood clots in the brain in people who have received the vaccine.

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