The vaccination centre in Killarney will be closed for three days this week.
The hub, which is located at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre, will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday.
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare says the Killarney centre is ahead of the national target and this is why it's closing the hub for three days.
Vaccinations will continue in Tralee in the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University this week.
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare says the Killarney centre has largely completed first vaccination doses for people aged in their fifties who’ve registered; that makes it ahead of the national target.
The group puts this down to the constant hard work of staff there.
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare says many of this week’s scheduled vaccinations are for second doses of AstraZeneca.
As these vaccinations originally took place in Tralee, the Tralee vaccination centre has the capacity to carry out the scheduled vaccinations for the county, the healthcare group says.
They add, given the constant pressures on staff since the pandemic began, they are taking the opportunity to give staff a much-needed break before resuming vaccinations in Killarney on Saturday.
