Uptake of second covid booster well short of targets

Testing kits for covid-19. Picture: Sam Boal /Rollingnews.ie

The uptake of the second covid-19 booster vaccine has fallen well short of the target set by the HSE.

Figures released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show that some 26% of eligible adults have taken a second booster since it was rolled out across the country in January.