First Covid-19 vaccine could be here in weeks

Pfizer, which has a huge plant in Cork, emerging as the front-runner in the quest for a viable vaccine, it could make the company billions. File picture: 

The first Covid-19 vaccine could be available in Ireland before the end of the year.

Pfizer Ireland and its German partner BioNTech say they could be in a position to issue some 100 million doses of their experimental vaccine.