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Local Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Deputy Robert Troy, has welcomed confirmation form the Department of Health that nursing home residents are now permitted to have two visits a week on compassionate grounds as care facilities benefit from the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, says he would like to see greater quantities of the Covid-19 vaccine become available and for there to be more certainty around weekly deliveries of the product.

More than 2,000 Galway healthcare workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in less than a week at the mass vaccination centre at Galway racecourse in Ballybrit.

A team of vaccinators will begin innoculating healthcare workers at the Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Galway Racecourse this morning (Thursday).

The Irish Wheelchair Association has called on the Government to prioritise people with disabilities in the Covid vaccination plan, amid concerns over vaccine supplies.

The head of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs Mayo University Hospital and a number of public hospitals in the west/northwest, has appealed to the public to continue to limit social contacts and abide by the Level 5 restrictions in order to protect people at greatest risk of contracting Covid-19.

The head of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals, has appealed to the public to continue to limit their social contact and abide by the Level 5 restrictions to protect people at greatest risk of contracting Covid-19.

As frontline workers persist with heightened levels of dedication and commitment amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Hot Yoga Athlone is offering free online classes in recognition of their continuous work in such extenuating circumstances.

The level of Covid-19 infection in the community needs to be driven down much further than it is at currently and it is important people continue to abide by all the public health restrictions to achieve this, the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, stressed this week.

The escalating number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs), combined with high levels of staff absenteeism due to the virus, is putting severe pressure on local hospitals.