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The single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the European Medicines Agency

Governments across the EU have been eagerly awaiting its approval as they struggle to roll-out vaccinations on a large scale.

THE EU’S MEDICINES regulator has granted authorisation for the use of the Johnson & Johnson one-dose Covid-19 vaccine in people aged 18 and over.

The is the fourth coronavirus vaccine given the green light by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) following the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines.

The EMA’s human medicines committee concluded that the vaccine data was “robust and met the criteria for efficacy, safety and quality”. 

Because of its one-dose regime and the fact that it can be stored at fridge temperatures – as well as high efficacy results in trials – governments across the EU have been eagerly awaiting its approval as they struggle to roll-out vaccinations on a large scale. 

“With this latest positive opinion, authorities across the European Union will have another option to combat the pandemic and protect the lives and health of their citizens,” said the executive director of the EMA, Emer Cooke.

This week HSE CEO Paul Reid said 3.8 million vaccine doses are expected to be delivered to Ireland in Q2, including 600,000 Johnson & Johnson doses. 

This week, however, Reuters reported that Johnson & Johnson has told the European Union it is facing supply issues that may impact on its ability to deliver the level of vaccines expected in the EU in the second quarter of this year.

It is reported that the company told the EU that issues with the supply vaccine ingredients and equipment means it was “under stress” to meet its goal of delivering 55 million doses by the end of June. An EU official said the company had stated it was not impossible to meet the goal, but it showed caution.

Clinical trial results found that this vaccine was effective at preventing Covid-19 in people aged 18 and up. 

The trial, which involved over 44,000 people, found a 67% reduction in the number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases after two weeks in people who received this vaccine compared to people given a placebo. 

The side effects experienced by people who received this vaccine “were usually mild or moderate and cleared within a couple of days after vaccination”, the EMA said. 

The most common side effects were pain at the injection site, headache, tiredness, muscle pain and nausea. These are similar side effects experienced in the other Covid-19 vaccines approved in the EU. 

- Additional reporting by Orla Dwyer. 

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    Mute Bernard A Kavanagh
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    Mar 14th 2022, 1:03 PM

    And this all happened under FG FF when in power for the last 99 years! They have morally destroyed this country. But the Irish have short memories and keep voting them back into POWER!

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    Mute Mike Dunne
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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:32 PM

    @Bernard A Kavanagh: There isn’t much to choose from. Sinn Fein have been supporting the coalition since day one. All very depressing.

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    Mute Bernard A Kavanagh
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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:02 PM

    @Mike Dunne: That’s a poor argument.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:47 PM

    @Bernard A Kavanagh:

    Fine Gael haven’t been in Government for 99 years. Fianna Fail bankrupted this country when we needed a bailout. Also these illegal adoptions happened when Fianna Fail were in charge. Society allowed this to happen

    Sinn Fein are angels are they? David Cullinane who shouted up the Ira when he got elected.

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    Mute Bernard A Kavanagh
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    Mar 14th 2022, 5:42 PM

    @Just Some Guy: I never said FG have been in power for 99 years. I said FG and FF have been in power for 99 years.

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    Mute David Dineen
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    Mar 14th 2022, 1:48 PM

    When i went to find my brother i discovered alot, so much so the church were taking me to court, the amount of illegal adoptions are huge, wait till they discover the thousands sent away…

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    Mute Aidan Bergin
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    Mar 14th 2022, 1:55 PM

    @David Dineen: taking you to court for what?

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    Mar 14th 2022, 1:59 PM

    €3000 isn’t a fraction for these people deserve.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:06 PM

    Is there a few zeros missing on that figure??. €3,000 is an insult.

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    Mute Darren Byrne
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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:13 PM

    @Olive Whyte: didn’t read the article then, no. Quelle surprise. The 3000 is to cover the cost of initial DNA tests and legal consultation, it’s not compensation.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:38 PM

    @Darren Byrne: did I mention the word compensation??? No need to be rude to a complete stranger.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 4:34 PM

    @Olive Whyte: He is only being rude to someone who didn’t read the article but needed to do some virtue signaling. You assumed the €3000 was compensation hence the line about missing zeros.

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    Mute Jane Osman
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    Mar 14th 2022, 4:42 PM

    @Denis Ryan: No she didn’t, read it again (it’s very, very short)

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    Mute Denis Ryan
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    Mar 14th 2022, 4:46 PM

    @Jane Osman: very good Jane, I said she assumed and now she is backtracking at a rate of knots.

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    Mute joe oneill
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    Mar 14th 2022, 1:36 PM

    Magdalene laundries,mother and baby homes,illegal adoption’s….the lies and cover ups continue,the UN Commission
    On Civil Rights needs to come in and do a no holes barred investigation in order for folks to get the proper justice and compensation that they deserve.If people in authority, government don’t want to cooperate jail them.

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    Mute Stephen Carslake
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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:01 PM

    It is very hard to believe that the people in ireland vote these politiicans in every 5 years or so to represent us the people and once they get in all they do is turn their backs on the very people who put them in power for at least four and a half yeats.
    Time to wake up and stop voting the same 2 parties in every year and this €3000 euro offer is for expenses not even for the suffering.
    The only ones suffering now is the voters just ask where is our government now ? ALL ON JUNKET TRIPS at our expense country is a 3rd world country again thanks to the 2 parties forever voted in.

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    Mute Aidan Dorney
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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:14 PM

    @Stephen Carslake: I agree with you, Stephen. May I say Stephen manning from integrity Ireland has coined the perfect name for them. He calls them the diabolical’s

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Mar 14th 2022, 7:12 PM

    @Stephen Carslake: If the other party is going to give out money for everything that happened many decades ago then we will be bankrupt again.
    People need to know that attitudes were different then in every country in the world.
    We are unique in always looking back and our compensation culture is unique too.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:25 PM

    I always thought knowing who you are is priceless.. but obviously it’s only worth 3k

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    Mar 14th 2022, 4:44 PM

    @John Kavanagh: Well said friend!

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    Mute Nichola Corcoran
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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:30 PM

    Wow 3,000 euro compensation for being sold at birth. They deserve so much more, shame on this government if they think that is appropriate.

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    Mute Disco Inferno
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    Mar 14th 2022, 6:07 PM

    @Nichola Corcoran: it’s not compensation, read the article

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    Mar 14th 2022, 7:07 PM

    @Nichola Corcoran: it’s not compensation

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    Mute Ciaran Dunne
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    Mar 14th 2022, 3:58 PM

    What about a criminal prosecution in every proven case of fraud against St Patrick’s Guild . Or is the €3000 hush money ?

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    Mute Aidan Dorney
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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:32 PM

    3k is a joke & the state should be held to account 3k? Just dealt with a gentleman looking up his records for his wife for health reasons. If the entries were incorrect well they were up the river without a paddle to put it nicely. 3k does not cut it.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 5:12 PM

    Give them all 1 million each sure we have loads of money to hand out

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    Mute Roger Bond
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    Mar 14th 2022, 7:05 PM

    Compensation should be sought from the families who forced these adoptions on the mother because the families were not brave enough to accept a child from an unmarried mother.

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    Mar 14th 2022, 2:33 PM

    This sounds like a bad Irish joke, except it’s not funny for those directly involved.

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    Mute Ciaran Dunne
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    Mar 14th 2022, 8:30 PM

    God forgive the poor eejit that though this €3000 was an appeasement for their scandalous treatment by this government!

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