The HSE Chief Executive has warned that the hospital system is still under significant pressure from Covid-19, saying: "we're still far from out of the woods." Paul Reid said that although hospitalisation and ICU figures have stabilised, over the past week in particular, they stabilised at an extremely high level, which still causes a "huge risk".
Speaking at the weekly HSE briefing, Mr Reid said that Ireland, as of today, is in the top five of EU countries for the roll out of booster vaccines per head of population. "Last week alone, we completed over 214,000 vaccines in total across the programmes and, as of yesterday evening, there are now 880,000 boosters and third doses administered over the past few weeks," he said. "We're also seeing