Patricia Donnelly

General image of Belfast City Hospital

Roughly 600 hospital beds are taken up by patients who should have gone home

Members of the public file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, ahead of her funeral on Monday. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Northern Ireland will be well represented at Queen's funeral service

Dame Arlene Foster at Enniskillen Castle in her former Assembly constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Dame Arlene Foster thrilled to be honoured in Platinum Jubilee year

Patricia Donnelly, the former Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme in Northern Ireland, who has received an OBE for services to the Covid-19 response

NI covid vaccine chief to accept honour from Queen on behalf of team

News Letter editorial

Successful vaccine rollout has pushed Northern Ireland back towards normality

Patricia Donnelly is stepping down as Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Covid vaccination chief steps down after 3.8m jabs

Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme in Northern Ireland. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Over-75s and immunosuppressed in Northern Ireland to get spring boosters

Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Vaccine roll-out to scale back with more focus on local clinics

A vaccination centre in Belfast.

Covid: ‘Don’t wait for your booster’ says Head of vaccination programme

Health Minister Robin Swann receiving his booster covid jab from Victoria Robinson, specialist pharmacist at his local GP practice in Kells.

‘Best gift to give yourself at Christmas is getting a booster’

Covid-19 vaccination centre

Surge in people coming forward for jab after Covid certification plans announced

The Health Minister Robin Swann has stated that a significant acceleration of booster jabs is expected in the coming weeks.

How to get a booster jab in Northern Ireland

First year student Tiernan Feeney gets the jab at Queen's University. Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker

Lower NI vaccine uptake is ‘down to delay rather than reluctance’

Mobile vaccine clinic. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

Crowds atend pop-up clinic ahead of free NI concert for the fully vaccinated

The Limelight in Belfast is being used as a Covid vaccination venue this weekend.

Covid jabs on offer at top Belfast nightclub ‘The Limelight’

Mass vaccination centres will reopen to all age groups for first doses this weekend, the Department of Health has announced

New push to increase vaccination rates in ‘Big Jab Weekend’

The Department of Health has announced a ‘Big Jab Weekend’ to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Confirmed Covid-19 patients in NI health trusts have been steadily dropping. Source: Department of Health dashboard.

85% of NI has Covid antibodies - but too early to talk of herd immunity

PACEMAKER BELFAST 29/03/2021 The first vaccination has been delivered after the SSE Arena in Belfast opened as a mass vaccination centre on Monday. Up to 1,850 vaccines are due to be administered at the venue on Monday. It is expected that 40,000 people could be vaccinated each week at the arena, where the AstraZeneca jab will be used. Health officials plan to operate the vaccination service at the venue up to 14 hours a day, seven days a week PHOTO STEPHEN DAVISON/PACEMAKER PRESS

Employers told: Be flexible for NI vaccine appointments

Mark Nicolls receives an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by nurse Amy Nash, at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, Berkshire. The Moderna vaccine is the third to be approved for use in the UK, and is now being given to patients in England. Picture date: Tuesday April 13, 2021.

Second-jab changes could ‘jeopardise’ vaccine roll-out

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is set to be delayed by several weeks

Vaccine rollout in N Ireland set for delay after AstraZeneca advice change

Patricia Donnelly, head of the Northern Ireland Covid-19 vaccine scheme.

NI Covid-19 booster jab might not be offered to everyone

‘Pop-up’ vaccine clinics planned for areas with low jab uptake

Pharmacists transport a cooler containing the Moderna vaccine, at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, the third vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, to be given to patients in Wales. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021.

NI vaccine roll-out: Moderna supplies not expected in NI until June

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 24th March 2021 Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme in Northern Ireland. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

'Pop-up' vaccine clinics planned to tackle low uptake

A nurse practitioner fills a needle with the Covid-19 vaccine before administering it to Sister Joanna Sloan (left), the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast

Another landmark as Northern Ireland passes one million administered vaccines

A dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 being prepared

'Hope and optimism' for future as three vaccine landmarks passed in one day

The SSE Arena, Belfast.

SSE Arena taking bookings for Covid-19 vaccine

People from Northern Ireland can now book their Covid-19 vaccine at the SSE Arena ahead of its opening on March 29, 2021.

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Patricia Donnelly. Picture: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Official reassurance that NI Covid vaccine programme ‘firmly on course’

Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines

Anyone expecting second dose of Covid vaccine in NI ‘will get it’

The woman said she had no family and her one and only friend died last year. (Photo: PA Wire)

NI woman with no family or friends phones radio station and gets vaccine

A healthcare worker administers a coronavirus vaccination

Local pharmacies could begin offering coronavirus vaccines in NI in just weeks a...

There have been more than 500,000 coronavirus vaccinations administered in Northern Ireland

‘Bumper weeks’ ahead as NI coronavirus vaccine roll-out hits 500,000 doses

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 24th February 2021 Health Minister, Robin Swann, Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme and Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride pictured at a press conference in Parliament Buildings. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Health Minister stands firm on schools: Phased retrun was 'correct' decision

Vaccine

'Watch this space': Coronavirus vaccine roll-out hits 500,000 mark in NI

A vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo by Andy Buchanan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Anti-vax protests outside NI vaccination centres a ‘concern’, says head of NI’s ...

Patricia Donnelly said the vaccination roll-out is expected to ramp up over the next two months

NI closing in on 500,000 vaccinations

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 4th January 2021 Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye Some of the first Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines at Dr McKenna's Practice on the Falls Road in west Belfast this afternoon

Vaccine booking for carers ‘right approach’ despite abuse concerns

Vaccination

Detailed vaccine breakdown issued by Stormont health department: 440,000 doses

Michael McBride

Michael McBride: Extremely vulnerable should all be vaccinated by next month

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 4th January 2021 Picture by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines at Dr McKenna's Practice on the Falls Road in west Belfast

NI leads UK for coronavirus vaccine second doses

Handout photo issued by Press Eye of Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride during a press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont.

Slower vaccine roll-out in ROI could put NI 'at risk' says NI CMO Dr McBride

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 27th January 2021 . Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme pictured at a press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Vaccine take-up not high enough among home care workers, says NI roll-out boss

Michael McBride

Michael McBride: I will take the vaccine when it is my turn

Phase two of the vaccine roll-out targets everyone aged over 65, the clinically vulnerable and those with underlying health conditions

Covid-19 vaccinations for almost 500,000 in NI within weeks: Patricia Donnelly

Covid-19 vaccine programme: Northern Ireland residents are advised not to worry, and that you will be contacted when it is your turn

COVID-19 Vaccinations – you will be contacted you when it’s your turn

NI's coronavirus vaccine will 'accelerate' in weeks ahead, the Department of Health has said. (Photo by Andy Buchanan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Over 65s to get vaccine in next five weeks as roll-out 'accelerates'

PACEMAKER BELFAST 04/01/2021 The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast, after injections of the coronavirus vaccine started in Northern Ireland GP practices on Monday. PA Photo. Picture date: Monday January 4, 2021.

Fresh shipment of vaccines should see over-80s immune

94 year old Eileen Lynch receives the first of two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr Michael McKenna, at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast.

Vaccine 'has begun to drive down infection rates of most vulnerable' in NI

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is loaded into a syringe before being administered to a patient at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast.

Almost 100,000 Covid vaccinations administered in NI so far

Undated handout file photo issued by University of Oxford of research to develop a vaccine that could prevent people from getting Covid-19. The University of Oxford is expected to release data on the effectiveness of its coronavirus vaccine in the coming weeks, with the latest trial results suggesting it produces a strong immune response in older adults. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday November 19, 2020. The ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 vaccine has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and people over 70. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus Vaccine. Photo credit should read: University of Oxford/PA Wire

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It's thought the roll out of the vaccination programme could start as this month.

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