First COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out today
A Dublin grandmother of 10 has become the first person in Ireland to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
79-year-old Annie Lynch, who's from the Liberties, was vaccinated at St James Hospital.
Vaccines are also being administered in Beaumont, Cork and Galway University Hospitals today as the rollout gets underway.
An ICU nurse and junior doctor are also among those getting the vaccine today.
Around 2,000 vaccinations are expected to take place in the hospital settings.
CNM Deborah Cross administers first vaccine in Ireland to the inspirational Annie Lynch from the Liberties in St James’s Hospital today. Céim mór chun tosaigh. pic.twitter.com/Y64AE8TFew
— Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland (@CcoHse) December 29, 2020
In a tweet this morning, HSE chief Paul Reid said the first jabs represent a “great beacon of light.”
“Let’s all galvanise and unite behind this,” he said.
“It will take time but stay positive, stay safe, stick with us and we will get there.”
The Chair of COVID vaccine taskforce, Dr Brian MacCraith said Annie's is a "great story."
"Born in Christchurch, grew up in the Liberties, she has been in hospital for a number of weeks," he said. "Sadly, her husband passed away a couple of weeks before her admission.
"She has ten grandchildren, one of whom actually works in the ICU department in St James’s so that has a nice turn to it as well."
