The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for an urgent meeting with the HSE to discuss the implications for second dose vaccinations of healthcare workers.
It comes after the National Immunisation Advisory Committee highlighted yesterday that the number of very rare type of blood clots linked to second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is higher than previously understood.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said her members have always supported the precautionary principal and if there are issues about receiving a second dose of Astra Zeneca that need to be clarified then they want that done.
She said she wants to have up-to-date information about the matter to give to her members today. About 150,000 healthcare workers