540,000 doses were received today.
The first batch of Covid vaccines purchased from Romania has arrived in Ireland.
It formed part of the largest weekly delivery of vaccines to the country.
šToday we received our biggest weekly delivery of vaccines to this country of over 540,000 doses, including the first tranche of the 700,000 Pfizer vaccines sourced from Romania #ForUsAll pic.twitter.com/v72HWaTLp9
— Niall Collins (@NiallCollinsTD) August 18, 2021
HSE chief executive Paul Reid says 540,000 doses were received today.
Separately, an immunologist says those with compromised immune systems should be prioritised for a booster vaccine.
However, Dr Elizabeth Ryan from the University of Limerick says it's too soon for the wider population to be considered for the additional jab
Today we received our biggest weekly delivery of vaccines to this country of over 540,000 doses. This was hugely boosted by the first tranche of a total of 700,000 Romanian reallocated vaccines. It's key that we get to the smaller percentages of people now unvaccinated @HSELive pic.twitter.com/XCd3WczE7c
— Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) August 18, 2021
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