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Dept of Health urged to widen eligibility of vaccinators

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The Health Service Executive and the Department of Health are being urged to widen the range of healthcare professionals eligible to administer the Covid-19 vaccine.

Radiographers, radiation therapists, retried medics and doctors looking to volunteer for free all claim they are willing to become vaccinators - but that their offers to help have been rebuffed.

Pharmacists also claim they are unlikely to work in mass vaccination centres in a row over fees. The HSE recruitment drive for vaccinators is focused on doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, physiotherapists, midwives, and emergency medical technicians.

However, on Thursday, the HSE extended the closing date for vaccinator applications for a second time to 23 March. The closing date

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