The floodwall of vaccine protection is holding tight despite a surge in Covid-19 cases, according to the HSE's Chief Clinical Officer.
Colm Henry said that infection rates have risen from the mid 400s per 100,000 to 677 per 100,000. However, he said that hospital and ICU figures have stabilised somewhat, saying the "harm they [the cases] are converting to is much lower than in was in January".
Speaking on Morning Ireland, Mr Henry said that daily cases of Covid-19 have surged to over 3000 in recent days, but that the harm and illness caused by infection is less as a result of vaccines.
Mr Henry said that vaccines alone will not prevent transmission of the virus and he appealed to the unvaccinated to get the jab or to take up any outstanding