Further vaccine rollout details revealed

Booths in mass vaccination clinic in Cork City Hall. Picture: Dan Linehan

A further seven mass vaccination centres are to open this week and pharmacies will begin administering vaccines later this month, an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health will hear later today. 

The new vaccination centres will bring the total number in operation to 26. It is planned that there will eventually be 37 centres are set to eventually open depending on supply and demand, the Health Committee will hear, with today's seven new centres bringing the total number in operation to 26.