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HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said his expectations were “outstripped” when more than 30,000 Covid-19 vaccines were administered at walk-in centres over the bank holiday weekend.
He paid particular tribute to the many young people who availed of the opportunity to get a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus.
“Over 30,000 people were administered a vaccination at our walk in centres the weekend. Outstripping our expectations by far. All age groups went through but this initiative makes us beyond proud of younger people. When needed, they once again showed up in numbers,” Mr Reid tweeted.
Meanwhile, the coordinator of the HSE’s vaccination programme, Damian McCallion, has said that the success of the weekend’s walk-in vaccination centres will be evaluated to see if they will be repeated.
Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Mr McCallion said that the overall figure for the bank holiday weekend would be 30,000, half of whom had not been registered for the vaccine.
“Overall we’re very happy with it. It has worked very well.”
Monday was the busiest day of the weekend with 11,000 people aged over 16 availing of the walk-in vaccine facility at centres around the country. One walk in clinic remains open today in Tralee from 11am to 3pm, he added.
“We will evaluate now and see if we will do it again.”
While the majority of people attending the walk in clinics were young people, there were some from higher age groups, he said, including an 83-year-old in Sligo who availed of the opportunity to get the vaccine.
Mr McCallion pointed out that the vaccine will still be available through GPs and pharmacies and at the 42 vaccination centres around the country. “There are access options for people.”
Registration for teens aged 12 to 15 should open “in the next couple of weeks,” with an exact date to be announced later this week, said Mr McCallion.
He urged parents and guardians to “take the advice of the professionals” and make the choice to have their child vaccinated.