Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-21
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

The initial shipment from Moderna was 4,000 or 6,000. I will get the Deputy a note on it. That ramps up. That good news is on Pfizer. The Deputy will be aware that the allocation was based on getting five doses from the vial. They arrive in trays and there is a certain number of vials per tray. It turns out that if it is done right with the right type of syringes and the vaccinators are sufficiently trained, six and sometimes seven doses can be got out. That means that, along with the 40,000 doses that were scheduled, we can get up to 20% extra, potentially up to 48,000. That is good news.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-21