3,500 health staff are out of work due to Covid related illnesses.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has welcomed the decision to extend vaccine boosters to healthcare workers following advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says the vaccinations will begin to be rolled out at the weekend.
It comes as almost 3,500 health staff are out of work due to covid related illnesses.
General Secretary of the INMO, Naas woman,Phil Ni Sheaghdha, says the process of administering boosters needs to happen very quickly.
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We welcome that the decision has been made to give healthcare workers the vaccine booster. 💉
— Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (@INMO_IRL) November 1, 2021
Our General Secretary Phil NÃ Sheaghdha has told @rtenews that we need to get healthcare workers vaccinated as quickly as possible. pic.twitter.com/cDqwPs0ktR

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