Alison O’Connor: All involved in vaccine rollout deserve a massive pat on the back

We should also give one to the Government for having equal measures of common sense and sticking with the EU procurement process

Parents and their children queue in the rain outside the Citywest vaccination centre in Dublin. Picture: Damien Storan/PA

There isn’t too much around to give you a warm fuzzy feeling at the moment. But the exceptional uptake of Covid vaccinations among people in Ireland is a bit of an uplift banker.

The numbers are breathtaking. According to the most recent HSE statistics 82% of adults have been fully vaccinated and 90% partially. Statistics from the European Centre for Disease Control this week show that our uptake in vaccines among adults over 18 is second only to Malta.