The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has said that while the start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is a very significant milestone, vaccines will not positively impact the profile of the disease in Ireland in the coming weeks.
Dr Ronan Glynn said the number of cases reported yesterday was the highest since the start of the pandemic and there are now more people in hospital with Covid-19 than at any point since last May with admissions rising very quickly.
Meanwhile, the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) has said stringent measures are needed to control the virus. Reducing the transmission of the new and more highly transmissible variant of Covid-19, which was identified earlier this month in the UK, and confirmed to be