The Irish College of General Practitioners says the lack of people getting vaccinated is impacting out of hours services in Cork.
It comes as there was a surge in people presenting with flu and Covid related illnesses to Emergency Departments and SouthDoc over the Christmas period.
SouthDoc saw 10,000 patients across Cork and Kerry between the 23rd of December and the 1st of January.
Speaking to RedFM News, Dr. Scott Walkin of the Irish College of General Practitioners says if more people were vaccinated, there would be less pressure on out of hours services
"It's certainly not too late to get the adult flu vaccine, the Covid booster vaccine is available for eligible cohorts as well and getting that will reduce the chance of people needing admission to hospital emergency departments or from getting sick from these illnesses and needing to attend their GP"
