Covid-19 vaccination clinics around the country are closed for Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, the Health Service Executive has said.
However, PCR testing will continue to be offered this weekend although there will be a slightly reduced level of service. Vaccination centres will resume service on Monday 27 December.
Yesterday, the Chairman of the High Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination said that 400,000 doses had been administered this week.
Professor Brian MacCraith added that 2 million booster shots or third doses had now been given, surpassing the target of administering 1.5m doses by Christmas Day. Latest coronavirus stories There were a record high of 11,182 cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday afternoon.