Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update

Dr. Colm Henry:

I will pass over to Mr. McCallion in a second. To start, however, we have been aware of this problem from the beginning and have been working closely with the general practice community in primary care to identify those who are housebound for one reason or another. We have a specific bespoke model of care for these people, which involves the National Ambulance Service. Because we are administering a vaccine that is in a multi-dose vial and has particular transport and storage requirements that make it quite difficult to transfer, it must, by necessity, be pre-planned in terms of the number of patients corresponding to a vial in any one region. As I said, we are working with the National Ambulance Service. I will pass over to my colleague, Mr. McCallion to update the Deputy on where we are with this cohort now, which is a stand-alone exercise within the programme.

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