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COVID-19 vaccine

First vaccines to be administered from Carndonagh Vaccination Centre this week

On Wednesday (30 June) the first vaccines will be administered in the vaccination centre based in Carndonagh Community School by staff from Saolta University Health Care Group and Community Healthcare Organisation Area 1, as part of a phased opening of the centre.

UHG administers its first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Staff in University Hospital Galway were among those who received the first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine administered today, Tuesday December 29th. Lorna Quinn Assistant Director of Nursing and one of the peer vaccinators who will deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to staff based in University Hospital Galway was the first staff member in the hospital and the Saolta Group to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.