The HSE have confirmed that over 77,000 people have received the Covid-19 vaccine as of Wednesday January 13th.
Speaking at a HSE briefing Chief Executive Paul Reid confirmed that 77,303 have been given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Reid said a total of 69,378 frontline healthcare workers have received the vaccine, whilst 7,925 people in long term care facilities have been given the first dose.
The news comes after the Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said that Ireland could potentially receive 100,000 vaccines a week from next month if AstraZeneca’s vaccine is approved by the European Medicines Agency.
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