Interim CMO calls on people to get flu and covid vaccines

Interim Chief Medical Officer Mary Horgan: 'While it is very encouraging to see that the number of people vaccinated has now passed 1.5m, we can and must do better.'

Interim chief medical officer Mary Horgan has called on people to get flu and covid-19 vaccines, saying the uptake is concerningly low so far this year.

In contrast, uptake of the new RSV vaccine in newborns has been so successful that only 23 cases have been reported this winter for this group.