Reaching out to communities hesitant about vaccines

Community groups say a lack of effective communication and outreach has harmed uptake among Ireland's Eastern European communities

Bart Zdrojowy chairs the Polish Community in Waterford group: 'Information campaigns weren’t as accessible for the migrants.' Picture: Patrick Browne

The headline figure from statistics published by the Central Statistics Office on vaccination uptake in October 2021 was that only 44% of people from predominantly Eastern European countries had received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by then.

That compared to 90% of Irish nationals.