The Health Minister says people aged under 30 could be vaccinated against Covid-19 earlier to reduce transmission of the virus
Stephen Donnelly is proposing that people aged 18 to 30 would get their inoculations before those aged 30 to 50, once people in their 60s are vaccinated.
He told The Irish Times that he has asked the Department of Health to examine the possibility of revising the order of age cohorts.
It comes as some senior officials fear there will be a spike in cases among younger people once society begins to reopen.
There were 420 new cases of COVID-19 and of 11 additional related deaths confirmed in Ireland yesterday.
The median age among the new cases was 32 years old.
The CEO of the HSE said that he is not aware of any plans to change the vaccine priority list.
However, Paul Reid added that the health service is ready to make adjustments from the aged based system if asked to do so by Government.
