UHL staff vaccinations underway with ED nurse first to get jab

Rosaline O'Brien receiving the jab from Intensive Care Consultant Dr Catherine Motherway. Photo: @ULHospitals / Twitter.

Covid-19 vaccinations are getting underway in many Irish hospitals today, including University Hospital Limerick.

Emergency Department nurse Rosaline O’Brien became the first staff member to receive her jab at UHL this afternoon, saying she feels “very privileged” to have the opportunity to get the vaccine.

Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency could decide today whether to authorise another coronavirus vaccine.

AFP News Agency is reporting the EMA is bringing forward its decision on the Moderna vaccine.

It had been due to consider whether it would grant approval on Wednesday.