Rollout Of Third Covid Vaccine Dose To Get Underway Next Week

24 September 2021 - 10 mins
Podcast Series The Last Word with Matt Cooper

An Israeli study found that those who got the booster shot were 20 times less likely to have severe Covid, compared with the control group.

Medical experts believe that the over 60 and at-risk groups should get the third covid vaccine as Ireland has a vaccine surplus currently.

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Daniel McConnell, Political Editor with the Irish Examiner and Liam Fanning, Professor in Immuno-virology at UCC joined the Last Word on Health to discuss.

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