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HSE chief Paul Reid Leon Farrell via RollingNews.ie

450,000 second doses of AZ will be completed within next 10 days, Reid says

“They will all be fully completed now probably in the week commencing 12 July,” HSE chief Paul Reid said.

HSE CHIEF PAUL Reid has confirmed 450,000 people due to get their second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will receive it within the next 10 days. 

This government this week agreed to proceed with advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to reduce the interval between doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from eight weeks to four. 

In Ireland the two mRNA vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are administered in two doses four weeks apart but there is a gap of eight weeks for the AstraZeneca jab. 

This reduction to a four-week gap comes following a previous reduction from 12 to eight weeks.

Speaking to Newstalk’s On The Record, Reid said there are about 450,000 people due to get their second dose of AstraZeneca and around 250,000 of those have been completed in the last two weeks. 

“They will all be fully completed now probably in the week commencing 12 July. So, over the next 10 days we will have completed all of those,” Reid said. 

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed on Monday that both the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines will be made available for all age groups

They had previously been made available for those over 50. 

Around 700 pharmacies across the country will begin to vaccinate people aged 18-34 from tomorrow. 

Announcing the news on Friday, Donnelly said the youngest age cohort of adults would have an option to be given the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine from their pharmacist.

Donnelly also confirmed that the online booking system for 30-34 year-olds will also open next Friday. About a week after that mRNA vaccinations – mainly the Pfizer jab – will start to be administered to this cohort.

Romania vaccines

It was announced on Friday that Ireland has agreed a deal in principle to purchase one million unwanted vaccines from Romania.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin spoke with his Romanian counterpart, President Klaus Iohannis this morning and a deal was agreed, but is yet to be finalised.

The PA news agency understands that the purchase will be made up of the mRNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna.

“This will be a very positive scenario for us as a country if it comes across the line,” Reid said. 

He said there are a very issues that will have to be worked through to get the deal across the line, such as checking the expiry dates, “getting clarification on all of the logistics, the cold chain storage, how do we secure the cold change storage, the transport, because generally we get our deliveries directly from Pfizer,” he said. 

“It still has to get across the line … but it would be a very significant enhancement for us,” Reid added. 

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    Mute Motherofthree
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    Jul 4th 2021, 12:55 PM

    Great to see such progress being made. Despite the constant deluge of bad news, there are a lot of good things happening.

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    Mute Sean O'Doherty
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:26 PM

    @Ronan Flanagan: That report is 3 months old, Ro. This is a fast moving situation and knowledge changes. But you don’t want to know this, do you?

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:16 PM

    I know a guy who was sitting on a bus next to the cousin of a guy who got his jab in the eye….

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    Mute Thomas O' Donnell
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:03 PM

    @Liam Meade: Which eye? :/

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    Mute Brian Lyons
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:30 PM

    @Thomas O’ Donnell: what bus route? I think me mates 2nd cousin’s wife twice removed by divorce was driving that bus….

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Jul 4th 2021, 3:20 PM

    @Thomas O’ Donnell:
    The one without the patch..

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    Mute Paul Mc
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:12 PM

    I know someone who got a test message to be vaccinated today ,showed up along with other people to be told there were no vaccine clinic today.
    The truth is clearly being open to interpretation it seems.

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    Mute Tommy Roche
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:27 PM

    @Paul Mc: How many other people also showed up ?

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    Mute Margaret Deacon
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:05 PM

    @Paul Mc: which venue, I’ve had family members done today in Dublin and Carlow

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    Mute EillieEs
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:06 PM

    @Paul Mc: for what clinic?

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    Mute Marie Louise Ryan
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:08 PM

    Lies

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    Mute Brendan Greene
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:19 PM

    @Marie Louise Ryan: ?

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    Mute Kevin
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    Jul 4th 2021, 4:43 PM

    @Marie Louise Ryan:

    D&mned lies & statistics! The NWO still trying to hoodwink true patriots.

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    Mute William Blackall
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    Jul 4th 2021, 4:47 PM

    @Marie Louise Ryan: Explain your comment!!

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    Mute DJ François
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    Jul 4th 2021, 8:24 PM

    @Marie Louise Ryan: you ok hun?

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    Mute Fran O'Keeffe
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:38 PM

    And still we are going into a fourth wave what a joke

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    Mute Patrick O Connell
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:45 PM

    @Fran O’Keeffe: tell us the joke?..

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    Mute Fran O'Keeffe
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:51 PM

    @Patrick O Connell: you

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    Mute Mary O Dwyer
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:52 PM

    @Fran O’Keeffe: fran you would be a great man or woman to have by your side in an emergency id say !

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    Mute Pat ALTHEA
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:08 PM

    @Fran O’Keeffe: the i diotic response says enough

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    Mute trebloc01
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    Jul 4th 2021, 8:01 PM

    Mícheál Martin gave the least effective vaccine to us 60-69 year olds. I’ll never forgive him.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jul 4th 2021, 8:58 PM

    You seem – alive, though ?

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    Mute Eoin Jackson
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    Jul 4th 2021, 9:46 PM

    @trebloc01: to be fair, that decision was made and first doses administered before delta was a thing. Im all for legitimate criticism of Martin and the government when warranted, but the expectation they can see into the future is a bit much. You are vaccinated and complaining, I’m weeks and weeks away from any dose. Maybe give over your own self importance.

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    Mute Ger
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    Jul 5th 2021, 4:01 AM

    @trebloc01: it’s pretty effective though. The super spreader party in Australia that’s been on the news this week. Everyone got the delta varient of covid except the 8 people in the crowd who had been vaccinated, and all of them had the AZ vaccine.

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    Mute Pat O'Leary - Seriously Annoying
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    Jul 5th 2021, 9:51 AM

    @trebloc01: that’s just the luck of the draw. I’d have preferred Pfizer/Moderna too, but you play the hand you are dealt. Mícheál Martin got AZ as well, so it’s not like he was getting any advantage.

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    Mute Justin Gillespie
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    Jul 4th 2021, 3:42 PM

    @Ronan Flanagan: Young people are at far more risk from Covid that from blood clots.

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    Mute William Tallon
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:31 PM

    ‘AZ does it, sure we’re gettin’ there…’

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    Mute Francis Mc Carthy
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    Jul 4th 2021, 3:07 PM

    @Ronan Flanagan: It is an extremely safe & effective vaccine, & the guy that was digging trenches for Eircom a couple of years knows that information, too. Gosh. Ye peeps can be such miserable g..i..t.s

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    Mute Ronan Flanagan
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    Jul 4th 2021, 3:05 PM

    @Sean O’Doherty: What changed Tell? Blood clots were made up? Tell me some of the fast moving knowledge on safe and effective treatments. I’m all ears. I’m hearing nothing.

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    Mute Paul Mc
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:17 PM

    It was a hospital in Dublin which in fairness have so far looked after myself and my family very well ,it’s not a mystery but I dont blame the hospital.

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    Mute Sam Harms
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    Jul 4th 2021, 4:13 PM

    @Justin Gillespie: not “far more at risk” from covid at all. But either way those of us under 35 have been given a choice as to which vaccine to get if we don’t feel comfortable getting AZ or J&J. Myself and a few friends have all decide to wait and register for an mRNA

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    Mute Paul Mc
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    Jul 4th 2021, 1:21 PM

    Considering I was there Liam Meade you must believe everything you are told…….bah,bah bah.

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    Mute EillieEs
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    Jul 4th 2021, 2:08 PM

    @Paul Mc: so then you know which clinic it is, why not name it?

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    Mute Ronan Flanagan
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    Jul 4th 2021, 3:15 PM

    @Francis Mc Carthy: sorry for caring about the health of our young people.

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    Mute Irene Kealy
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    Jul 5th 2021, 11:58 AM

    10 weeks since I got first Astra zeneca and still waiting for 2nd appointment.

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    Mute Gary Kearney
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    Jul 5th 2021, 2:15 AM

    @Ronan Flanagan: Nothing like sreading a bit of bad news that is out of date

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    Mute Ronan Flanagan
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    Jul 4th 2021, 7:43 PM

    @Justin Gillespie: that’s simply not true. Covid is zero threat if they’ve already had it. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/no-way-to-end-cycle-of-transmission-without-vaccinating-children-1.4611352?mode=amp

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    Mute Gary Kearney
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    Jul 5th 2021, 2:16 AM

    @Ronan Flanagan: No you are not you are just trying to frighten people. Using old news to do so.

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