70% of all adults are now fully vaccinated against Covid 19.
The Biopharmaceutical industry's urging younger people to get vaccinated to slow the transmission of coronavirus.
New Ipsos MRBI research shows among 18 and 34 year-olds who haven't been given a vaccine, around three quarters will choose to get protected.
It comes as the head of the HSE Paul Reid says almost 70 per cent of adults here are now fully vaccinated against Covid 19.
Hospital #COVID19 numbers are rising at 123, 21 in ICU. Positively, now over 5.5M vaccines administered with 83% of adults now partially vaccinated & over 68% fully. As hospitality, society & the economy opens up further, let's all embrace it safely and make it work. @HSELive
— Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) July 25, 2021
Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association spokesperson, Bernard Melee says younger people need to be encouraged to get the jab
Bernard Melee says the more people who get vaccinated the better:
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