Concerns over people not getting second Covid jab amid Delta spread

HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry says that this is the wrong approach to take. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

The HSE is appealing to people to turn up for their second vaccine doses.

Vaccine centres are reporting a 6% "do not attend" rate overall, while GPs are expressing concerns over some people not getting their second AstraZeneca dose, in the hope of being offered a different vaccine.