Vaccination programme would need 'significant shock' to impact reopening

Dr Ronan Glynn said avoiding a significant increase in cases is the “single most important determinant” of what the country can or cannot do into the summer. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

There would need to be a “significant shock” to the vaccination programme for it to notably affect the rate at which things can reopen during the summer, public health officials have said.

The vaccination programme was under pressure this week following the decision to no longer administer the AstraZeneza vaccine to those aged under 60 and due to paused rollout of the J&J vaccine pending a review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) about potential links to rare blood clotting.