11 Pop-Up Covid 19 Vaccination Centres To Open On College Campuses Next Week.

Wednesday, 22 September 2021 10:12

One will be set up at Maynooth U.

Eleven pop-up Covid vaccination centres are to be set up at colleges across the country next week.

They'll offer students and staff a first or second dose and are aimed at boosting uptake.

The clinics will operate at UCC, NUI Galway, Trinity College, UL, DCU, Maynooth University, MTU Cork, Mary Immaculate College, RCSI, NCAD and Athlone IT.

Today we are announcing are plans for college vaccination week! Uptake is already so encouraging but let’s finish the job!

Details here - https://t.co/I0HDLTvjbL

Thanks to @DeptofFHed , @HSELive & my colleague @DonnellyStephen for working with me on this pic.twitter.com/C4PrYXwOC9
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) September 22, 2021

The Department of Higher Education has also announced free face masks will be available in more than 200 locations over the coming weeks.

Michael is an international student at Trinity College Dublin - and says some of his friends have been put off by online misinformation about the vaccines:

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