A leading member of the Covid-19 Vaccination Task Force has said that Ireland will surpass two major milestones by the end of Thursday.
Professor Brian MaCraith, the body's chair, hailed the "great effort" from the public as he broke the news of the milestones.
By the end of Thursday, according to Professor MacCraith:
- Ireland will have six million doses administered
- 75% of adults will be fully protected from the virus.
He added: "A great national effort involved in achieving these. Meitheal na mílte"
However, there was a warning issued by the Taoiseach in an exclusive interview with the Irish Mirror.
Face masks may have to be worn indoors until Christmas, Micheál Martin has said.
The Taoiseach said that he wants us all to keep wearing masks for the winter because Covid and other viruses will still be in the air.
And the Taoiseach issued a warning that we are not out of the woods with Covid yet and that the nation must brace itself for a potentially lethal combination of flu and Covid this winter.
The country’s leader said there would be no ‘Freedom Day’ like there was in the UK when all restrictions were lifted last month.
Mr Martin was speaking with the Irish Mirror in his offices in Government Buildings this week ahead of a short break after being in the job of Taoiseach for just over a year.
In our interview, Mr Martin also said he will “proceed” with Covid jabs for young children.
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The Taoiseach said he will do this if the regulatory authorities give the vaccines the green light for use in kids.
The Government chief also said that everyone else in the country could face having to get a Covid jab every year in a new scenario he described as “something akin to the flu vaccine.”
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