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Covid vaccinations to continue despite cyber attacks

May 15, 2021 13:02 By News Northern Sound
Covid vaccinations to continue despite cyber attacks
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Appointments and procedures may be cancelled if systems are not operating by Monday.

The Covid vaccination programme is continuing today - despite major disruption across the health service from a cyber attack. The HSE, Gardai and the National Cyber Security Centre, are continuing to assess the impact - and the state won't be paying a ransom demand.

Thousands of appointments and procedures may be cancelled if the executive's IT systems aren't operating again by Monday.

Up to 2 thousand medically vulnerable people are due to get their Covid jab at a centre in Dublin today. Dr Ray Walley from the GP Advisory Group says the cyber attack won't affect their vaccination:

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