Covid progress stalling but mass vaccination centres to open next week

Daily case numbers not dropping as quickly as they were in February
Covid progress stalling but mass vaccination centres to open next week

HSE CEO Paul Reid said the vaccination programme continues to be impacted by reduced deliveries from AstraZeneca, and to a much lesser extent, Moderna. Picture: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

The decline in Covid-19 case numbers is slowing but more mass vaccination centres are due to open next week, a HSE briefing has heard.

Paul Reid, HSE chief executive, said there has been a “significant easing” of pressure on hospitals in recent weeks but added: “The rate of decrease of patients in hospitals with Covid has slowed, it has actually stalled”. 

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