Axing 15-minute post-vaccine wait could double number of Covid boosters given by GPs

GPs will be delaying all non-essential work to focus on delivering the booster campaign in the coming weeks. Picture: AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas

If the 15-minute waiting time post-vaccine was eliminated, GPs could double the number of boosters they could administer in one day, according to the chair of the Irish Medical Organisation’s GP committee.

Speaking this afternoon, Dr Dennis McCauley said that he agreed with the Government’s booster campaign strategy which he described as proactive rather than reactive.