Covid-19 Evening Update

Here's a roundup of today's Covid headlines

There was a 21% drop in the number of new Covid-19 cases week on week up to last Sunday. 

Figures given to cabinet Ministers say one in four adults are now fully vaccinated, while more than half has been given a first dose.
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283 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health.

60 people are in hospital with the virus, down 7 in 24 hours.

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The Taoiseach has said mixing vaccines would delay the overall vaccine roll-out. 

Micheál Martin has effectively ruled out giving people who got a first dose of AstraZeneca a second dose of another type of vaccine. 

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Irish researchers hope their new study into covid-19 blood clotting will lead to new treatments being developed in future.

A team from the Royal College of Surgeons has found patients with severe illness had higher levels of pro-clotting blood molecules and lower levels of the anti-clotting regulator.