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The Covid-19 vaccination centre at Galway Racecourse in Ballybrit is to serve as the sole centre for the west, following a large reduction in the numbers of people presenting at COVID-19 vaccinations centres nationally.

Due to a large reduction in the numbers of people presenting at Covid-19 vaccinations centres, the HSE has opted to close the administering facility in Moate, on Wednesday, June 8.

Covid-19 is once again transmitting rapidly in local communities and the HSE is urging people to continue to adhere to the public health advice as the rise in cases is placing huge stress on our healthcare services.

Parents/guardians of children aged five to 11-years-old now have the option to book an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccine for their child by going to www.hse.ie/book where they can choose a date and time that is most convenient for them.

Parents and guardians of children aged five to 11 years can now book an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccine for their child at the vaccination centre in Galway Racecourse. Bookings can be made on www.hse.ie/book.

With smallpox sufferers in make-shift refuges such as out-buildings, rooms in the Loughrea barracks, and in sheds outside Dr Leonard’s home, all hopes are placed on the ready-made iron hospital ordered from Messrs Braby and Co. London. The hospital was to accommodate 12 patients, but already within five weeks of the first case being reported in Athenry, there were 20 cases of smallpox, three of whom had died.

The initial refusal by the Loughrea Workhouse hospital to accept smallpox patients was smartly over ruled by the Local Government Board (LGB). It suggested that some out-houses or offices, at the hospital, could be converted to receive the patients while keeping them separate from the other sick. It was satisfied that the resident doctor there, Dr Lynch, ‘will afford valuable advice and assistance’. The board warned that it was essential smallpox sufferers were kept isolated from other people. However, the Loughrea Board of Guardians, with responsibility for the hospital, did not heed the rebuke.

Visiting by appointment has been re-introduced at Mayo University Hospital. Access to visitors is limited to one person per patient each day, by appointment. Patients identify who they would like to visit and staff then telephone the nominated support person and offer a time slot.

On March 2 1875, the medical officer of the Athenry Dispensary District, Dr WJ Leonard, wrote an urgent letter to the Local Government Board (LGB) in Dublin, regretting to report a ‘very bad case of smallpox’ which had come into his district the previous day. He briefly described how it was discovered:

People aged 16 to 29 who had their first round of Covid-19 vaccination at least 90 days ago may now book an appointment to get a booster vaccine at the Breaffy Vaccination Centre.