Official figures show that more than one in five local care homes are dealing with an outbreak.
Mr Lynch said the situation would be monitored.
"At present, what we are seeing is that the vaccination has worked in protecting the vast majority of people in care homes. If that changes then we would need to look at that again," he added.Pauline Shepherd, chief executive of Independent Health and Care Providers, said a lot of work was being undertaken to encourage staff who have yet to be vaccinated do so.
She said a factor regarding vaccinations was "a lot of young women in care homes who are concerned about their fertility"."We are providing them with information and identifying challenges and giving solutions to make sure it's effective," she added.Pamela arrived in Northern Ireland from the USA the day before her mum's care home closed to visitors.
Speaking to BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme, she said: "I'd say everybody can agree that the first thing you want to do when you see your mother, even if you've not seen her in two weeks or two years, the first thing you want to do is hug her and just have that touch to let her know that there's someone there who wants to see her and hug her."She is asking the sector to think of residents' other loved ones whose visits continue to be restricted.
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