More than 100,000 Covid vaccines have now been administered across Co Donegal.
The vaccines ere given from the vaccination centres in Donegal which include the centre at LYIT and the satellite centres in Carndonagh and Burtonport, along with the original programme for healthcare workers which started in Letterkenny University Hospital.
A spokesperson for Saolta confirmed the 100,000 vaccines are a mix of dose 1 and dose 2.
The spokesperson added that they were delighted with how the vaccination programme has gone in the county.
“We are extremely pleased with this progress and we look forward to continuing to provide vaccines from our vaccination centres as part of the ongoing rollout of the vaccination programme.
“We encourage everyone to get their vaccine as soon as possible in order to have the best protection against COVID-19, including against the delta variant. We run frequent walk-in clinics at all of our vaccination centres and opening times for these can be found on hse.ie or saolta.ie.”
Young people are being encouraged to attend a walk-in clinic this week as they start college.
Details of the walk-in clinics at LYIT are available here: https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/find-a-covid-19-vaccination-centre/
These walk-in clinics are open to all and anyone who wishes to avail of vaccination may attend.
What to bring?
If you have already registered online, please bring a photo ID with you. ID can include one of the following: passport, drivers licence, Garda age card, student/school ID etc, but if your ID doesn’t include your date of birth, please bring proof of your DOB (e.g. your Birth Cert).
If you are not registered online, we will have to register you at the vaccination centre. Please bring the following with you:
- Personal Public Service (PPS) number (if you have one)
- Eircode
- Mobile phone number
- Email address
- Photo Identification (passport, drivers licence, Garda age card, student/ school ID etc). If your ID does not have your date of birth, please bring a copy of your birth cert or some other documentation that has your DOB on it.