Over half of Covid patients in ICU are unvaccinated

Pictured is HSE CEO Paul Reid at today's weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19. Picture: Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland

The CEO of the HSE has acknowledged that Covid-19 is continuing to put "significant and unrelenting pressure" on the health service. 

Speaking at a briefing this afternoon, Paul Reid said that almost a third of intensive care beds around the country were now being taken up with Covid-19 patients.