The first appointments for those aged between 65 and 69 for the Astra Zeneca vaccine will be scheduled from Monday. So far more than 77,750 people have registered with the HSE portal to receive a Covid-19 vaccination.
19,000 registrations were completed yesterday from people aged 67 years old. The aim is to have those aged between 60 and 69 vaccinated with the first dose by the end of May.
Twenty six vaccination centres will open across the country by the end of next week. The HSE's Paul Reid said the vaccination programme is reaching an ''exciting phase''.
Hospitalisations are stable and there have been no new admissions to ICU in the last 24 hours. 420 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Saturday.