Dr. Kevin Kelleher:

I will speak on the figures and then Dr. Doherty and Dr. Sisson will come in on the healthcare workers.

We have not got the final figures for last year because Covid impeded us from doing it but our understanding is we will be close to 60% of people in the acute sector taking the vaccine. It is likely that in the long-term care facilities, the figure will be in the high 40s or around 50%. These are significant increases from over the years. Likewise, we know the uptake among the elderly over-65s is 68% and of people in residential care facilities it is around 90%. The figures have been rising over a number of years. We will put a big effort into what needs to happen this year. We have taken major steps to change what we will do in the coming year compared to what we did in previous years in respect of to whom we offer the vaccine and how we do it.