Thousands of college students will be able to get a Covid-19 vaccine on campus from next week.
Eleven pop-up centres are being set up in a bid to improve uptake.
It's Fresher's Week at Trinity College Dublin - with students signing up for clubs and societies. And from next week, they'll be able to get a Covid vaccine too.
Trinity will operate a walk-in clinic along with UCC, NUI Galway, UL, DCU, Maynooth University, MTU Cork, Mary Immaculate College, RCSI, NCAD and Athlone IT.
The Department of Higher Education says the aim is to maximise uptake, including among international students.
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris says the rollout's already been a huge success.
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
80% of 16-29 year olds have so far been fully vaccinated, while 91% of people over the age of 18 have received both jabs.
