When will my pharmacy or chemist contact me about Covid vaccine for 18-34-year-olds?
Sign up for our free newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  The Janssen (J&J) vaccine is being rolled out to 18-34-year-olds through their local pharmacy today after plans were revealed late last week. Following being given the go-ahead by NIAC to use the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in younger age cohorts, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed that tens of thousands of vaccines would be shipped to over 700 pharmacies across the country. The rollout is completely reliant on vaccine delivery. Approximately 60,000 vaccines have been shipped to over 700 pharmacies with another 80,000 or so available for pharmacies if they need them. Over 200,000 Janssen vaccines look set to be delivered for July and a further 285,000 for August. According to Stephen Donnelly, there are 550,000 people aged 18-29 and a further 250,000 aged 30-34, who have yet to be vaccinated. Over 50s are still being vaccinated with the J&J vaccine in pharmacies around the country, and they will be prioritised due to being more at risk to the Delta variant. Once your appointment is confirmed, here's the process that the pharmacy will go through to prepare. It will take around 45 minutes for the entire process to be completed. The pharmacist will prepare the vaccine and talk you through the symptoms to look out for. Then the vaccine will be administered, after which there is an observation period. The whole process should take around 45 minutes. The latest vaccination figures for the week just gone shows that over 343,000 vaccines were administered in the past seven days. Over 49% of adults in Ireland are now fully vaccinated and over 68% have gotten at least one dose.