We’ll have more reaction to the restrictions being recommended by Nphet and find out why one pharmacist believes her industry needs to be used to ramp up the booster program. This morning Pat spoke to Jack Lambert, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the UCD School of Medicine and Laura Dowling, AKA the fabulous pharmacist available re the confusion and disappointment amongst pharmacists that they can only administer the booster to a limited cohort compared to GP.

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