More than 750 pharmacies will today begin administering the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Covid-19 vaccine to people between the ages of 18 and 34 who have opted-in to receive it.
It comes as the Health Service Executive confirmed that another 343,000 vaccines were administered last week. Almost half (48%) of the adult population are now fully vaccinated.
HSE Chief Executive, Paul Reid, shared the information on social media and said pharmacies would play a "key role" this week in administering available Jannsen vaccines to those aged 18 to 34.
A pharmacist in Dungarvan, Co Waterford - where coronavirus incidence is the second highest in the country - has said there is "huge capacity" within community pharmacies to administer the 200,000