Health chiefs in Ireland are in a “real race” to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 amid the threat of an increasing number of cases of the Delta variant of the virus, the country’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has said.
The warning comes as Ireland’s 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate is now 121 cases per 100,000 people – a 20% rise on last week. The increase has been fuelled by the more transmissible Delta variant, first detected in India, which now accounts for 70% of Ireland’s cases and is the dominant strain.
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