Covid vaccinations for staff at MRH Mullingar begin this morning

The vaccination programme for staff at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar will begin later this morning.

Over the coming days, hundreds of staff members at the hospital will receive the first round of the vaccine.

Yesterday evening, Minister of State Peter Burke posted a photo of the chief pharmacist at the hospital with the box of vaccines.

He said that the vaccination of front line staff at the hospital “will mark phase one of the elimination of this horrible virus from our community”.