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Nearly 200,000 VACCINE doses against Covid-19 were administered in Ireland in January, with 50,900 people vaccinated in the last week of the month.
199,800 doses of the vaccine were administered during January, according to figures from the HSE.
At the start of January, Minister for Health Donnelly said that Ireland would deliver around 240,000 vaccines during the first six weeks of the year.
Between 25 and 31 January, 50,900 people received a vaccine dose, most of which were second doses.
43,000 frontline healthcare workers received their second dose in the last week and are now fully vaccinated, alongside 1,500 who were given their first dose.
In long-term residential care facilities, 3,800 first doses and 2,600 second doses were administered in the last week of January.
Donnelly said the rollout was “thanks to the on-going efforts of our brilliant vaccination teams, the Ambulance Service, the Defence Forces and many others right across the HSE”.
The first priority groups to receive vaccines were people aged 65 and older who live in long-term care facilities and frontline healthcare workers.
Vaccines for people aged 85 and older, who are in the next priority group, are due to begin soon in February.
Guidance from the HSE says that people aged 85 and older will be contacted by their GP when a vaccine is available.
Updates on the number of people vaccinated in Ireland are currently being provided by the HSE twice a week.
The HSE said on Friday that it should be in a position to provide daily updates “in the next week or two” as several TDs raised concerns over the need for more timely figures.
The HSE’s vaccination lead David Walsh said he was aware daily figures are “of great concern” and that the HSE was “working towards that”.
“We’ve been working in quite a difficult environments across long-term care and hospital settings, which weren’t set up for the system, and we’re still trying to catch up with that element of it,” he said.
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I don’t know why but I’m sure this is an outrage…?
@David Clements: it’s not actually, we’ve got one of the highest rates per 100K in the EU, and our numbers are actually conservative because not all of the care homes have reported up to date figures.
The average keyboard warrior doesn’t need daily updates on how many vaccination doses have been issued. Weekly or monthly would be interesting but daily it’s just another set of figures for people to argue about – it’s too high, it’s too low, it’s all we’re getting so how could it be higher, country X did this amount in half the time and on and on it goes.
@Sean: I think you’ve vastly underestimated the average keyboard warrior.
@Sean: Same with covid numbers. People are so reactionary and live their lives around covid cases every day. It’s probably really bad for their mental health.
Well done to UK who have 20 times that no vaccinated
@Maurice O Neill: or have they??
@Maurice O Neill: we cant compare the vaccination rates between UK and ireland as we aren’t in charge of buying our supply’s. how many people have received the vaccine across the European Union?
UK is in charge of buying its own vaccines and had started administration almost a month before EU
@Maurice O Neill: 12 week gap untested yeah well done on experimenting with people. Manufacturer only stands by 3 week gap as tested.
@Dáithí Ó Maoileoin: It is not a matter of ‘experimenting’ but I am sure you know this, so apologies in advance.
@Dáithí Ó Maoileoin: I made that very point on another article. The UK might have given people an injection, but with waiting 12 weeks for the 2nd jab, it is simply not true to say these people are vaccinated – who knows if the second dose will even work after that length of time? Slow as it is here, it’s still better than what they are risking, in my opinion
@Jo H: my biggest concern is that the vaccine will mutate and become resistant to the vaccine and then we are all up the creak with no paddle….but yay go them for their speedy roll out!!!!
@Maurice O Neill: no they have not ..
England 10million
EU have really messed this up
@trevormurphy: the vast majority of them only have received the single dose against the manufacturer recommendations. Maybe they just giving people a false sense of security.
@trevormurphy: 9.2 million with 1st dose of vaccine.
@trevormurphy:
UK Fully Vaccinated = 0.7%
Ireland Fully Vaccinated = 1%
@NotMyIreland: 80% of 80+ Have had first dose 11% have had second dose in the UK. All care home residents have had first dose.
@trevormurphy: UK ordered 3 months earlier. Probably paid more per shot. Boristhe bolloqs sat on his hands while the country racked up appalling death rates.
We’ll get there.
I’m looking forward to the day this issue is forgotten like troomp
@Julian: not disputing that fact. But as they are 2 dose vaccines the UK have only actually fully vaccinated about half a million
Still haven’t given all frontline staff their first dose and he’s now talking about going onto the next group. He hasn’t got a clue, this vaccine rollout is all over the place.
An increase of 30k since last week. Lol
@Nehppo McG: last Wednesday it was reported that the number of vaccinations was 160,000 200,000 today that equates to 40,000 jabs in 4 days. Yes it is slow we aren’t getting the supply we need yet.
@Nehppo McG: have you the magic vaccine tree….you can only vaccinate with the vaccines you get. Lol.
@barry moore: no indication of what supply has been received. Whether the number is good or bad can only be judged against the supply received but this number is never clearly revealed.
@Derdaly: I did come across an article at some point recently we are currently holding back 2/3days worth of vaccines incase of a break in supply chain and are getting around 50,000+ weekly. If I find it again I will post it.
England near 10million
Eu really messed this up
@trevormurphy: uk flying ahead with single dose stretching the date for second dose against manufacturer advice with no clear plan on administering the second dose also over twice the deaths per 100,00 to us .
@bmul: dont let facts get in the way of a good moan!
@Sarah Cullen: mind your tinfoil hat on a windy day.
@Setanta Stylfox: oh my goodness that gave me the biggest laugh I’ve ever had. I dont have a tinfoil hat. Covid is very real. We should be very worried about it. It is not the flu. It is killing people and many who “recover” have life long illnesses. But facts being facts UK have taken a huge gamble not only going against the manufacturers recommendations but also continuing to do so when they were told there is no evidence to suggest it will work. So sick of ppl comparing the irish vaccine rate to UK. Ireland need to speed up as do EU. I believe supply is the issue but the UK may have to start over or worse still the virus mutates and becomes resistant to the vaccine altogether causing alot more issues than it solves. But hey just me here in my tin foil hat. Thanks for the laugh…. Casually overlooking your insane level of ignorance!
Interesting…..lots of staff in that a central Dublin hospital still not vaccinated….and major MH facility in the midlands…..staff not vaccinated……I dont believe the BS coming out of this shower…..
speed is the essence…..its not happening here. it won’t happen here. 2022 people will still be getting the vaccine.
@D.B: what do you propose is done differently?
@D.B: We’ve got one of the highest rates per 100K in the EU, and our numbers are actually conservative because not all of the care-homes have reported up to date figures.
It’s a disgrace 200000
The UK have done 8.5 million in the Same time frame
@Paul Kiely: how many of the UK have gotten the second dose and are the UK following the vaccine companys guidelines or going against expert advise.
@daniel roche: only about 500k so less than 1% of their population are fully vaccinated.
Omg we have half the population vaccinated. Fair play me hol and varadkar. Best health system in the whole wide world.
I always thought Boris was a twit but he’s certainly proving that life outside the EU has its benefits
only first doses though . progress but its false advertising
@Marcus Padraig O’Loinnin:
HSE Data Hub
150,500 have first dose, 49,300 have second dose.
Article above clearly states that 43k frontline workers got their second dose last week.
did you just assume ?
@Hector Son: We have fully vaccinated 1% of the population, the UK have fully vaccinated 0.7%
Kilkenny mental health FRONTLINE staff still have no vaccine rollout. Non frontline staff are receiving it a plenty though
@Senan Byrne: yep….major dub hospitals….loads have not received it…..and midlands…..
@D.B: I know three people who work in the same hospital. All medical staff but only one has direct patient contact and that’s in ICU, that one person is the one out of the three who hasn’t even got the first dose yet while the other two have received both doses. They really should have been doing the most likely to be infected first.
@Sam Harms: I would say that is either an isolated case or a fake story, but definitely an exception not the rule.
thats grand…..we’ll get to the end in ten years time…..
Suggestion : UN & EU etc remove copyright from all vaccines, allowing all countries capable of manufacturing the vaccines to do so. Astra etc paid partial profit. Have we forgotten this is war? Madness depending on several lone companors to manufacture so many billion vaccines.
The numbers are misleading. A person is not vaccinated until they receive the 2nd injection. With this in mind it looks like approx 60,000 to 70,000 people are fully vaccinated (2 doses) This is good news, bit we haven’t vaccinated 200,000 people.
we need a hero like Donnelly……look at our hero…..lmao
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