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HSE Staff To Help With Booster Vaccinations At Mass Vaccination Centres.

Hundreds of health staff are to be redeployed to administer vaccines in the coming weeks in a bid to accelerate the booster programme.

Hundreds of health staff are to be redeployed to administer vaccines in the coming weeks in a bid to accelerate the booster programme.
The Irish Times reports opening hours at mass vaccination centres will be extended and boosters may be provided in more GPs and pharmacies in response to the Omicron threat.The details are set to be included in an updated HSE vaccination plan, which's expected to be published tomorrow.
Immunology Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Kingston Mills, says a person's immune response to Covid will be greatly increased with a booster shot:
 

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