Cork hospital staff get additional 2,000 Covid-19 vaccines

The extra Covid vaccines follows an initial 500 vaccines received and administered in CUH since December 29

A health worker gets a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19. Picture: Marco Ugarte/AP

An additional 2,000 Covid-19 vaccines have been made available to vaccinate health staff in three Cork hospitals this weekend. 

The South/South West Hospital Group (S/SWHG) confirmed the allocation which will be administered to "public-facing health care staff" in Cork University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital by Sunday.