HSE exploring setting up specialist Covid-19 vaccine centres for children
The Pfizer jab accounts for 86% of all vaccines given in Ireland so far.
A third dose of the Pfizer jab — the dominant vaccine given in Ireland — is enough to combat the immediate threat of the Omicron variant, the manufacturers have said.
Preliminary testing shows that a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine offers as much protection against Omicron as the first two doses give against other variants of the coronavirus.
