Covid-19: One million vaccine jabs done, many more to do

After a year of trauma and disruption things are finally looking up, with 3.9 million doses of the four licensed vaccines set to be delivered between now and the end of June

The Helix in Dublin is one of 17 mass vaccination centres up and running, with a total of 38 centres planned nationwide. Pic: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

With one million vaccine doses delivered to date, the HSE is set to take delivery of almost four million Covid-19 vaccine doses in the next 12 weeks. Is this the moment of truth for Ireland’s exit from the pandemic?

We currently have the fourth-lowest rate of Covid-19 infection in Europe, and hospitalisations have continued to divorce from case numbers, which themselves have finally begun to decrease.

The latest reports from the National Public Health Emergency ...