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Vaccinations for people in 40s expected to start later this month

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Registrations for vaccinations for those in their 40s will be announced later this week and vaccinations for the age-group are expected to begin later this month, according to the HSE's Chief Clinical Officer. "We expect that to progress right through the later May and June," Dr Colm Henry told RTÉ’s This Week programme.

Dr Henry said the vaccination programme is "unaffected" by the cyber attack on the HSE’s IT system and the testing system is also fully capable and continuing. "Fortunately those parts of pandemic response are ploughing ahead and uninterrupted," he said.

Regarding any possible changes to the use of the Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines for a wider cohort of people, Dr Henry said the relevant information has been

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