5% rate of people who have not attended for second vaccine dose - Dr Colm Henry

File photo dated 25/03/21 of a nurse preparing a Covid-19 vaccine. More than half of parents with children are willing to have them vaccinated against Covid-19 if jabs are offered to under-18s, a survey shows. Issue date: Sunday July 4, 2021.

The HSE’s chief clinical officer has said that there is a 5% rate of people who have not attended for their second vaccine dose.

Dr Colm Henry said that he would urge people to get their second vaccine, as it offered the best protection against the virus.