Covid booster vaccines to begin in residential centres next week

The process is likely to take three to four weeks initially, with follow-on visits to vaccinate anyone who cannot be done in this sweep.

People living in residential centres will start receiving booster vaccinations from early next week, the HSE has confirmed.

This follows a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee in early April that boosters be given to over-65s and immunocompromised people aged over 12.