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CLARE pharmacists have expressed their surprise with the decision to cease the Janssen Covid-19 vaccination programme earlier this month in view of the huge demand for the one-dose vaccine, writes Dan Danaher. A letter from the HSE’s National Immunisation Office, which was sent on August 11, said that any unused or expired AstraZeneca or Janssen vaccines should be returned and could be removed from fridges. “As the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine single dose programme is now nearing completion, and Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) second dose vaccines have now nearly all been administered, any residual vaccines which are not required to complete cohorts should be returned to national cold chain service. “These vaccines can be removed from the fridge and prepared for return, but they must be retained in a secure area that can only be accessed by appropriate personnel. “New patients are not currently being enrolled to receive Covid-19 Janssen and AstraZeneca. It is not anticipated that there will be significant quantities of …

THERE was a substantial drop in the number of people who opted to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the second series of walk-in clinics throughout the Mid-West last weekend. Two weeks ago, a total of 2,649 people received first-dose Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines at walk-in clinics in the three Mid-West Vaccination Centres. The regional total was composed of 1,273 vaccinations in the Limerick Racecourse Centre; 822 in the West County Hotel, Ennis; and 554 in the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh; following walk-in clinics held in the centres on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. A total of 639 people received first-dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at walk-in clinics in the three Mid-West Covid-19 Vaccination Centres last weekend. This included 359 vaccines delivered at the Limerick Racecourse Centre on Friday and Sunday; 106 in the West County Hotel, Ennis on Saturday; and 174 in the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh on Friday and Sunday. These doses, and all activity at the vaccination centres up …