The vaccination portal will be open on Monday morning for appointments by people in the 51-52 age group, the health ministry announced.

The portal will be open between 7.30 am Monday and 8 pm Tuesday for appointments by people aged 51 and 52. In total 16,000 appointments will be available.

By Saturday, 210,576 vaccinations had been carried out with 152,603 receiving the first dose and the rest having received their second dose.

On Sunday, the vaccinations portal reopened for people aged between 64 and 67 who have not had the opportunity to book an appointment earlier on. In total 16,900 appointments are available for this group. The portal will be open until 8 pm.

According to the health ministry’s schedule, people between 49 and 50 will be able to book vaccination appointments between 7.30 am on Wednesday and 8 pm Thursday.

From 7.30 am on Friday until 8 pm Saturday the 47-48 age group will be able to book appointments.

The health ministry said it was picking up the pace to achieve the necessary vaccination coverage of the population to allow the soonest possible further de-escalation of the restrictive measures and return to normality.