The HSE Says GPs May Not Receive Their Full Orders Of Covid-19 Vaccines In The Coming Weeks

It's due to a new shortage of supply

It says the number of doses available is slightly less than previously advised, due to an issue with the delivery of Moderna jabs. 

The HSE says the available supply is about 15 percent less than the required amount to vaccinate the entire over-80 population. 

But it says the shortfall will be made up in a few weeks' time, and there will be a big ramp-up in vaccine delivery in April.

Donegal GP Dr Denis McAuley says he has yet to hear of any older patient not taking up the offer of a vaccine against the virus: