One of Dublin's main maternity hospitals has said all eligible staff will have received their first doze of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine by this evening.
The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital began vaccinating staff on Wednesday when it received its first delivery. The master of the hospital, Professor Michael O'Connell, said the vaccine was thawed when it was arrived and could be kept in a fridge for five days.
The clock began ticking. Staff had been trained in the days leading up to the delivery and they were ready to go straight to work.
Boxes of the vaccine were brought to a dispensary set up in a building at the back of the hospital, where over the past three days medical staff worked meticulously taking six doses from each