Top four things you need to know - Monday July 5th
The top four things you need to know for Monday morning, July 5th.
Pharmacies are due to begin vaccinating people aged 18 to 34 against Covid-19 from today.
120,000 Johnson and Johnson jabs will be distributed to chemists over the next week.
It marks a ramping up of the country's vaccination effort and could lead to all adults being protected against coronavirus as early as the end of August.
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High level talks will take place today between representatives from the hospitality sector and the Government on the reopening of indoor dining.
Today's planned reopening has been postponed due to NPHET concerns about the Delta variant of Covid-19.
The bar and restaurant industry is calling for a clear plan to get indoor dining reopen by the 19th of July.
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The latest daily number of Covid-19 cases is the highest in more in than 2 months.
562 were reported yesterday, more than any day since May 1st.
14 people are being treated in intensive care while the numbers in hospital have increased by 6 in 24 hours to 48.
Professor Sam McConkey from the RCSI believes a fourth wave has begun.
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The HSE chief says a 24 hour monitoring system's in place to prevent further cyberattacks on the health service.
Paul Reid says roughly 80 percent of its hospital and IT systems are back operating, following the hack 2 months ago, and slow progress is being made restoring the rest.
He says there are now measures in place to ensure it doesn't happen again:
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