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POP-UP VACCINATION centres will be open at 11 college campuses next week, allowing students and staff to get a coronavirus vaccine.
The walk-in clinics will be set up to provide first or second doses as part of ‘vaccination week’, which coincides with the reopening of third-level education.
The initiative aims to maximise vaccine uptake in those who have not yet received an inoculation, including international students.
Vaccine clinics that are already operating in University College Dublin, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Sligo IT and Waterford IT will be open to students and staff during vaccination week.
The pop-up clinics will be open at the following third-level institutions:
Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris said next week is an incredibly exciting time for the third level sector.
“To coincide with this, my Department and the HSE have been working together to ensure we are doing everything we can to make our third level campuses as safe as is possible,” Minister Harris said.
“There is no greater protection from Covid-19 than the vaccine. We have already seen a great uptake from young people and vaccination week offers anyone who hasn’t received their first or second dose to seek protection,” he added.
More than 90% of Irish people over the age of 16 are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the highest rate in the European Union.
HSE chief Paul Reid said today that 60% of patients in intensive care units with Covid-19 are not vaccinated.
“This is striking when only 9% of adults (18+) haven’t been fully vaccinated. Vaccinations do protect stronger,” Reid said.
Thankfully #covid19 hospitalised cases now down to 272. In ICU today 60% of cases are 50yrs+ & 40% aged 19-49. However 60% of cases in ICU are non vaccinated. This is striking when only 9% of adults (18+) haven't been fully vaccinated. Vaccinations do protect stronger. @HSELive
— Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) September 22, 2021
The latest vaccine figures show that over 3.5 million first doses and nearly 3.4 million second doses have been administered in Ireland, as of yesterday.
The majority of people (72%) have received the Pfizer vaccine, a total of 16.6% were given the AstraZeneca jab and 8% were inoculated with the Moderna shot.
Just over 235,000 people (3.3%) received the single-dose Janssen vaccine.
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Not too often you stick something into a bin and it comes out smelling of roses.
Lucky for them..I tend to rip them up in Anger……
So wait this is the third story I’ve heard in the last week about thrown away lotto tickets coming good by anonymous people. Hmmm……
Enough with the thinking there Deborah, just buy a €10 quickpick and you’ll be grand
Don’t forget to stick it in the bin too to ensure a win!
I always use the machine. The clicking noise … The silence … The trying again … The clicking … The trying the other ticket … The clicking … The beep … The pause … Not a winner. Sigh. Back to the first ticket.
Clever marketing perhaps !!!
So they paid for a lotto plus ticket, checked the main draw, didn’t win so threw it in the bin and not bother looking at lotto plus draws, a hear now are they having a laugh, i no if i paid for a lotto plus ticket I’d be inclined to check the numbers.
Sifting through my bin when I go home…You never know…
Sitting in your bin locked on wine
Seems irresponsible to me. It’s so easy to check tickets with apps & scanners these days, dumping a 6 figure prize is just stupidity in the extreme
looking for their 15 minutes of fame as well.
Their fifteen minutes of anonymous fame.
You’d be surprised. Look at some commenters who fish for likes and are likely called “The Fish”.
No, they’re looking for their quarter of a million euro.
Bin lotto and mushrooms be good right now I’ll settle for binshrooms
Right I’m going to do the lotto. Stick it in the bin, cover it in non recyclables. Wait till full and fish it out. Seems to be lucky these days
Image from Shutterstock/PeJo? You could of easily taken a picture yourself of an Irish Lotto Ticket.
The lotto app is great, you can scan your ticket and find out you’re still a peasant alot quicker
Yay for 250k, but would still have to go to work in the morning.
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