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.