With Ireland's vaccine rollout beginning to speed up, more people are hopeful of 'normality' in the near future.
Professor Brian MacCraith has said that there are many positives to be taken away from the vaccine roll-out so far.
In a tweet over the weekend, Mr. MacCraith stated that: "This will be our biggest week to date, with 165,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses confirmed to arrive next week."
The AstraZeneca supplies were originally scheduled to be delivered on the 30th of April, but had been pushed back until at least the 3rd of May, but the HSE are confident of arrival this week.
But who will be getting these AstraZeneca jabs - and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - this week?
People aged 65 or older and are residents of long-term care facilities
These were the first people to be given the vaccine back in December, and the administration of second doses to this cohort is ongoing.
Frontline healthcare workers
This cohort was jabbed at the same time as those in cohort one for obvious reasons.
These vaccinations are ongoing, with thousands more set to be administered this week.
People aged 70 or older
The bulk of vaccines so far have been given to these people.
The vast majority of those aged over 70 will have received their first dose by the end of this week, according to the HSE.
People aged 18-69 with medical conditions which put them at a very high risk of severe disease
Vaccinations for this group got underway at the start of the month, with a small number since then receiving a second dose.
All aged between 60-69 years
The most recent group to have begun getting vaccinated, the HSE are hopeful that people in this cohort will start receiving second doses by the start of August.
On Friday, the vaccination registration portal opened for those aged 64, with those aged 63 set to be allowed register at some point in the next seven days.
What's the target?
Speaking at the HSE's weekly briefing last Thursday, HSE CEO Paul Reid said he could not give an exact figure on the expected number of vaccines to be administered this week.
However, he claimed that "it will be the largest number to date, definitely over 150,000 doses.
"Everything has never gone our way. There hasn't been a week in which everything went our way."
Mr Reid added that the actual number to be administered next week will depend on the guidance from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and the total number of deliveries.
Where does the rollout stand?
Up to Friday, we're at 1.4 million jabs administered.
25% of the eligible adults for vaccination have received at least one dose, with a total of 10.2% of them fully vaccinated at this point.
If the Government's target of four in every five adults to have been offered a vaccine by the end of June is to be met, then 4.5 million is the magic number.
A report from RTÉ Prime Time correspondent Mark Coughlan over the weekend gave a full breakdown - and they say that for the target to be hit, the roll-out needs to average 46,500 doses daily.
The introduction of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is said to be a major factor.
But this week, it's expected that Pfizer will deliver another 191,000 doses in the next seven days. That'll be followed by 165,000 AstraZeneca doses next Monday.
