Active Covid outbreaks in more than 100 NI care homes as trade union urges against mandatory jabs

Gary Davidson (left), 55, from Lisbane in Co Down, is the first to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from Nurse Susan McComisky at the newly opened Covid-19 vaccination centre in the SSE Arena, Belfast in March (Liam McBurney/PA)

A trade union has urged against making the Covid vaccine mandatory for care home workers as 103 care homes in Northern Ireland battle active Covid-19 outbreaks.

Almost a quarter of care home workers in Northern Ireland have not yet received their jab.