Dr. Colm Henry:

To put a context to this, we rolled out the programme on the cusp of the worst surge of this pandemic. January alone saw almost half the total number of cases we had since the beginning of the pandemic. We certainly do not have any regrets about the way we asked hospital, nursing home and community teams to vaccinate as quickly as possible. We had multiple outbreaks that were a real threat to residents and staff alike in both settings.