HSE managers have been told to risk-assess staff who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 and to consider transferring them away from contact with patients. With over 500,000 doses of vaccine given to healthcare workers this year, the HSE believes vaccination rates among staff are between 95 per cent and 100 per cent. There have been 28,719 cases of Covid-19 among healthcare workers during the pandemic, or 11.4 per cent of the total. Over the past fortnight 185 healthcare workers tested positive for the virus. It said 69 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, including 26 patients in intensive care.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2021 02:37 UTC