Promise of Covid-19 vaccine 'likely to take time to lift economies'       

Including Russia, there are seven vaccines under the final stages of development across the world that could transform global economies from the Covid emergency

Staff at A&C Bio Buffer based in Limerick which has accelerated its recruitment process to secure the staff it needs to provide critical raw materials essential for a Covid vaccine manufacturing project.

The push towards developing a vaccine "has been nothing short of astonishing" but will likely take time some time to lift economies around the world out of Covid-19 crisis, a leading economist has said. 

Capital Economics chief economist Neil Shearing said that the restrictions to tamper down the disease involving social distancing will likely be in place even if a successful vaccine were developed in record time.