Nurse Vicki McManus checks consent and medical history of patient Esther Hickey, who was the first patient to receive the vaccine at the Cork medical practice on Thursday 18th February 2021. 96 patients were scheduled to receive the first dose of the vaccine at the medical practice on Thursday. Rolling out the vaccine programme for the Over 85 year old patients with the administering of first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at Elmwood Medical Practice, Frankfield, Cork on the first day of vaccinations at the medical practice. Pic; Larry Cummins Covid-19 coronavirus vaccinations, health, global pandemic, Ireland, medicine, vaccines, dosage, protection Lockdown,