COVID booster vaccines are being offered to anyone aged between 18 and 49 from today.
It comes as the country’s hospitals remain under severe strain with high numbers of respiratory infections, including COVID, flu and RSV.
Yesterday, there were 571 admitted patients waiting for a bed in Irish hospitals – with 456 waiting on trolleys and 115 in wards.Meanwhile, there were 737 COVID patients admitted to hospital, with 35 in intensive care.it is “really, really important” that anyone eligible for a vaccine or booster comes forward and gets them.
“While we all accept that older people and people with underlying medical conditions and people who are immunocompromised are in the higher at-risk group, we are still seeing a high number of people in the 18-49 age group who are testing positive for COVID,” she said.She said nearly one in ten of Ireland's COVID patients are aged 18 to 49-years-old.
“19% of people in the 35 to 44 age group have tested positive for COVID-19. That is the highest age group category that has tested positive.”for the next four weeks to help the health system cope with the ‘unprecedented strain’ it is coming under.Vaccine appointments can be made
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