First Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland given to 79-year-old grandmother
First Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland given to 79-year-old grandmother

A 79-year-old grandmother from Dublin has become the first person in theRepublic to receive a coronavirus vaccination.

Annie Lynch received thevaccine at St James’s Hospital in Dublin.

It was the first Pfizer-BioNTechCovid-19 jab to be administered at four hospitals across the country: StJames’s and Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Cork University Hospital andUniversity Hospital Galway.