Should it be mandatory for nursing home staff to take the Covid-19 vaccine?

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Newstalk has learnt that as many as 15% of nursing home staff in Ireland may have refused the Covid-19 vaccine. The majority of nursing home staff and residents have now been vaccinated in Ireland. But as Newstalk has found out, the uptake of the vaccine is a lot lower amongst staff than it is amongst residents. Our reporter Barry Whyte has been speaking to dozens of nursing home managers and staff around the country....