Just one in five children aged between five and 11 have been fully vaccinated - CSO
Vaccinations at Citywest in Dublin. Buncrana in Co Donegal had the lowest level of take-up of first Covid-19 booster vaccinations with just over one in three people receiving the dose, while Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Blackrock and Dundrum in Dublin had the highest rates. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesBuncrana in Co Donegal had the lowest level of take-up of first Covid-19 booster vaccinations with just over one in three people receiving the additional dose, new figures show.
The average second booster take-up rate across all localities was 8.7 per cent with the average monthly increase in additional second doses standing at just 1 per cent across all local areas. Just 16 per cent of employees across all sectors were not fully vaccinated, according to an analysis of Revenue Commissioners taxpayer records and the HSE’s vaccine information system.
The director of the National Immunisation Office, Dr Lucy Jessop has repeated a call for the public to avail of the vaccines and booster for which they are eligible.