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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 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.

Most recently updated figures published by the Health Surveillance Protection Centre (HSPC) and HSE (from 12/01-25/01) reveal that the Moate local electoral had the second lowest rate of confirmed Covid-19 per population in the country during the time period referenced.

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 number of new cases of Covid-19 has started to fall in Mayo in the past 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.

With the present Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions confirmed for extension until Friday, March 5, most recently updated figures published by the Health Surveillance Protection Centre (HSPC) and HSE (from 05/01-18/01) reveal that three local electoral areas within the region boast the lowest Covid-19 rates per population in the country.