Covid-19: Mass vaccination clinic opens in Cork city for healthcare workers

Medical staff at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork aim to deliver vaccines to 1,200 frontline workers ovwer the weekend.  Picture: Dan Linehan

A mass vaccination programme is underway at a Cork city hospital this weekend in a bid to administer Covid-19 vaccines to 1,200 frontline healthcare workers.

The clinical director of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH), Dr Michelle Murphy, described it as a day of hope for healthcare staff across the region.