People aged over 70 and older will start being vaccinated against covid-19 from next month, the government has confirmed.
The delivery will begin with those aged 85 years and older and will be administered initially through GPs in their surgeries.
Under the Vaccine Allocation Strategy, people aged 70 and older will be vaccinated in the following order: 85 and older, 80-84, 75-79, 70-74.
143 thousand doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far.
Deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be within the expected range for February, but the government expects considerably lower amounts to be delivered in March.
On Friday AstraZeneca told the EU it would be supplying it with considerably fewer doses than agreed, and there are concerns about how this will impact our rollout here.
The EU Commissioner for Health says AstraZeneca's explanation for it's slow down in vaccine delivery is 'not satisfactory'
Ursula von der Leyen spoke to the company's chief executive this morning, and a second meeting is scheduled for tonight.
It emerged at the weekend the company is to cut its vaccine delivery to the EU by 60 per cent in the first quarter of this year.
