The Covid-19 vaccination centre at the WIT Arena in Waterford is set to reduce its' opening hours over the coming weeks.
Demands for services have lessened significantly on account of the volume of people who have been vaccinated as well as receiving booster doses.
However, the HSE have still acknowledged that over half a million people who are eligible to receive a booster vaccine are yet to come forward.
Waterford TD and Minister of State for Mental Health & Older People, Mary Butler (Fianna Fail) says that people can still get their vaccine here in Waterford - but the hours will be cut back.
"The vaccination centre at Waterford IT will now operate four days a week. So many people have got their vaccines and their boosters. If anyone still wants to avail of a vaccine, they can check the details online. It will still be operational at the weekends."
Minister Butler noted that while the worst of the pandemic appears to be behind Ireland, healthcare settings are still being hit by Covid outbreaks.
While the number of people hospitalised with the virus has decreased significantly in recent weeks, Deputy Butler says there are still lots of staff at University Hospital Waterford who are unavailable on account of Covid-related reasons.
"There are approximately between 80 to 100 staff out at the moment because of Covid. That's whether they themselves are Covid positive, or close contacts - there's staff out of work. Covid is still very prevalent in healthcare settings and I think we have got to be very conscious of that. We have 225 nursing homes currently. 40% of all nursing homes, currently have a Covid outbreak."
