The Chief Executive of the HSE has said that 10,000 people availed of walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres around the country yesterday.
The centres are being operated by the HSE and are operating throughout the country across the bank holiday weekend. The clinics were established to encourage further uptake of vaccines and are open to those aged 16 and over who have yet to receive a first dose.
Those attending the centres, which are being operated by the HSE, will receive a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Speaking in Athlone, Paul Reid said that of the 10,000 people, around 5,000 would not have been registered on the portal, and around two thirds of them were under the age of 19. "There were people across all ages coming