The CEO of the Health Service Executive Paul Reid has said a Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for vulnerable people will get underway from next week.
On RTÉ's Morning Ireland Mr Reid said appointments would begin issuing on Wednesday and the administration of the third doses of the vaccine will begin on Friday.
He said contact would be made with people who are deemed at highest risk, adding that that risk would be determined by clinical teams. "It will be a period of five to six weeks to complete this programme," he said, adding that it will be complex with it focused on the most vulnerable and immunocompromised.
He said identifying the most at risk would not be a simple process as it is not a list that the can "take off the shelf". He