UPDATE 08:44am:
Updated Digital Covid Certificates will start being issued from tonight.
From February 1st, the certs will only be valid for travel within the EU for 9 months since a person's last vaccine dose.
Irish-issued certificates currently do not reflect an individual's booster status, meaning many certs would be out of date when the new rule comes into effect.
Earlier:
New Digital Covid Certs will be issued from later this week which will be updated to show that people have received their booster vaccine.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says they would be automatically issued to booster vaccine recipients.
New EU regulations on travel and certificates will take effect from the first of February which means they'll only be valid for 9 months after a person is fully vaccinated.
📢 Digital COVID Certs will be updated soon to reflect your additional vaccine.
The EU is applying a maximum 9 mth validity to certs based on a completed primary vaccination course.
You can also request a DCC of Recovery if you've recovered in the last 6months via online portal pic.twitter.com/VtGHkOHOqR— Stephen Donnelly (@DonnellyStephen) January 5, 2022
40 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported in the past week.
5,952 people have died due to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
It comes as 17,656 new cases of the virus were confirmed yesterday evening.
928 people are in hospital with the virus, of whom 94 are being treated in intensive care.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, says people's collective effort and sacrifice will help to slow the spread of the virus and protect many others from infection.
