The highest uptake for Covid-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 years old was in Dublin, according to the latest figures released this week.
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the highest uptake of the vaccine for children was in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin at 53% followed by Blackrock at 48% and Glencullen-Sandyford at 48%. Nationally, 23.9% of children have been vaccinated across Ireland.
Children who were medically vulnerable were offered the vaccine first when vaccinations began for the five to 11 year old cohort six months ago. There were 530 cases of Covid in five to 12-year-olds in the week July 3 to 9, with eight children hospitalised.
