Covid-19 outbreaks at Kerry hospital where vaccine programme was launched 

Several staff and most of the patients at the Killarney Community Hospital have tested positive for the virus

Killarney Community Hospital.

There has been an outbreak of Covid-19 at the hospital where the vaccine programme for the Cork-Kerry region was launched in early January.

Several staff and most of the patients at the Killarney Community Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. The programme was launched before the results of routine testing of staff, carried out around the same time, was known.