ROLLOUT OF JABS IS NUMBERS GAME

▮ 152,200 first doses administered.

▮ 67,000 second doses have been given out.

▮ 133,000 vaccines given to frontline healthcare workers, of which 55,000 got two jabs.

▮ 15,000 HCWs to get first AstraZeneca vaccine next week. 5,000 GPs to get AstraZeneca or Moderna next week.

▮ 86,200 vaccine jabs given to residents of long-term residential facilities so far. 74,200 have had one dose while 12,000 have had two;

▮ 8,000 first jabs in long-term facilities planned next week, and 1,000 second doses.

▮ 4.9million population of Ireland, 3.6million of whom are over 18. EU wants at least 70% of adult population protected by the summer.

▮ Feb 15: Start of vaccinations of over-85s.

▮ End of April: Most over-70s will have received two shots of either Pfizer or Moderna.

▮ 1.1million: the number of vaccines in the state by end of March. However, this could rise as more vaccines are approved.

▮ 21,000: the first AstraZeneca doses arriving in the state yesterday, with 250,000 due by the end of March, allowing the mass vaccination of the groups next in the priority list: nonfrontline healthcare workers, 65-69 year olds, and younger people with ill health.

▮ 70-80%: the percentage of the adult population that needs to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity

▮ 250,000: the weekly vaccinations that will need to be done by GPs, pharmacists and more than 25 mass vaccination centres from April to achieve mass vaccination of the rest of the population. About 40,000 jabs are being given out per week.