A local health director is urging people to get the flu jab and the Covid vaccine this winter.
Director of Public Health for the HSE North East, Doctor Augustine Periera, says there has been an increase in uptake in the region recently and incidence rates have stabilised, which are all positive signs.
However, he also raised concerns that winter will mean more people are gathering indoors, and that will encourage the spread of Covid.
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He has thanked the public for their help and commitment to the vaccine rollout to date:
