Covid-19: 500 staff at CUH to get vaccine over next three days

Dr Healy said it was a source of joy to have vaccines on stream after nine hard months at the coal face. File picture

More than 500 frontline staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine over the next three days including nurses, doctors, porters, receptionists and individuals employed in catering.

Dr Orla Healy, Public Health Specialist and Interim Chief Operations Officer with the HSE South and South West, said that there was a palpable sense of relief at the hospital with the rollout of the vaccine.