Ireland has received 520,000 vaccine doses since December 26th. We have administered about 52,000 vaccines to people who are not frontline healthcare worker or residents in long-term care facilities.
Proportionally, Malta, also in the EU, has administered approximately 70% more vaccine doses than Ireland has even received in to the country.
The latest figure is actually 54,000 ‘community’ vaccinations in total. All over the age of 85.
In 27 days’ time we’re supposed to be in a position to be able to do 250,000 community vaccinations a week at a rate of 30,000-40,000 per day.
Maybe we're going to follow this American example and will be vaccinating through the night and booking our slots online.
The Pfizer vaccine is approved by the EMA and Malta, also in the EU, appears to have just paid more than double the dose price to get its hands on more vaccines.
Amazed that in all the coverage this evening on the #rtenews there was no mention of us missing, by a lot, our own modest vaccination target of 100k for last week.
We’re quick enough to publicly hammer citizens for prolonging this pandemic but not others, it seems.
People have had weeks (up to a month in some cases) of over indulgence. Loads and loads of nice stuff.
They’ve probably put on a bit of weight and all.
It’s from this week that people start planning to be virtuous.
The media reflects this. Newspapers, television shows and online will be replete with various diets/resolutions and “healthy eating” guidance over the coming days.
Newspapers are blotting paper for food charlatans and campaigners at this time of year.