Anyone who needs a booster vaccination can now book an appointment online at a number of centres, the HSE have announced.
Ireland has already administered over 1.5 million booster doses with a further increase to begin this week in order to protect the country from Omicron.
Certain centres across the country have seen massive queues, with people lining up from as early as 5am to try and get the important booster jab.
But that could soon be a thing of the past as online appointments are now able to be made at HSE.ie
Four Vaccination Centres will offer appointments initially, with members of the public being offered over 3,000 individual appointments from tomorrow morning.
The first four centres to deploy this technology will be;
- Croke Park, Dublin.
- The National Show Centre, Swords, Co Dublin.
- Scoil Carmel, Limerick. (appointments from Thursday morning)
- Astro Active Centre, Enniscorthy, Wexford.
The HSE say: "Learnings from this initial roll out will inform the further use of the scheduler at a wider range of centres over the next week.
"These initial clinics will use the Moderna (Spikevax) vaccine only, therefore this option is only available to those aged 30 and over.
"The HSE will to continue to operate a combination of clinics, as we move through the booster COVID-19 programme. We will still have walk-in clinics and scheduled appointment clinics, in addition to these new self-scheduled clinics. We hope this new option will facilitate people in availing of the booster dose as soon as possible, to better protect themselves and their families and communities from serious illness caused by COVID-19.
"People should be aware that you can avail of the booster at a Vaccination Centre using the self–scheduler only if you are:
- aged 40 and older
- pregnant and aged 30 and over
- living in a nursing home or a long-term healthcare facility
- a healthcare worker aged 30 and over
- aged 30 or over and have an underlying condition
"You need to wait at least 3 months (90 days) after your vaccine course before you can get a vaccine. Please bring photo ID that shows your date of birth to your appointment or walk in clinic."
