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Covid-19 vaccine registration will begin today for people aged 16 and 17, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced.
“It’s important that we continue to get as many of our population vaccinated as soon as vaccines are available and following the safety advice of our experts,” Mr Donnelly said.
It comes as there were 1,345 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health on Monday while the number of patients in ICU is up three to 25.
Deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said: “87 per cent of cases today are in those aged less than 45 years. If you are awaiting your vaccine or are awaiting your second dose, continue to protect yourself by following public health advice.
Back to school plans are set to come before the Cabinet today, with the Minister for Education Norma Foley saying schools will reopen fully from late August and early September.
The reopening plan includes details on the outcome of antigen testing pilots and a scheme to purchase CO2 monitors.
CO2 monitors can measure the level of carbon dioxide in a room, which can indicate when windows and doors need to be opened to allow for better ventilation.
The new plan will allow schools to “draw down” CO2 monitors, and the Minister said she was confident there would be enough monitors for all schools by the start of the new school year.
Capacity limits on school transport services will also remain in place, and an enhanced public awareness campaign has also been designed.
Ms Foley said there was ongoing engagement between her department and public health officials on the matter, but all schools were set to reopen.
The safe operation of the Leaving Certificate exams and enhanced summer camps indicated that the safe operation of education could be maintained, the Minister said.
In relation to Covid-19 vaccines for children, Ms Foley said the “expertise” lay with the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) from which her department would take guidance.
Meanwhile, two teaching unions have said that their members will return to schools in August and September if that is in accordance with public health advice.
Diarmuid de Paor, deputy general secretary of the ASTI told RTÉ News at One that while there were worrying trends in relation to new variants, if Nphet advised that it was safe to do so, then his members “will be going back to school.”
Martin Marjoram, president of the TUI, said their union would also follow public health advice.
He said the TUI welcomed the Minister’s announcement about the provision of CO2 monitors for all schools, which would make them safer.