Dr. Colm Henry:

At this point in time, we are still actively trying to get as many people as possible. There are more than 1,000 clinics for healthcare workers right across communities and hospitals. We are at approximately 14% uptake out of 15,000 healthcare workers for Covid-19. It is skewed slightly because people who have had Covid-19 in the previous three months do not need a vaccine. We have approximately 30% uptake for flu vaccines. We are not happy with this at all and want to get to a much higher figure. What is a high enough figure? Nowhere is high enough and we want to keep pushing to get as many people protected as possible for the reasons the CEO has just outlined. It is not just about individual protection; it is for protecting vulnerable people who are under the care of healthcare workers, vulnerable services and our capacity going into the winter that might be affected if healthcare workers become sick as a consequence of Covid-19 or influenza.