Scally expresses full confidence in Covid-19 vaccine development safety procedures

A researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute working on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

Public health specialist Dr Gabriel Scally has expressed his full confidence around the safety procedures used in the development of Covid-19 vaccines.

"It was who finished the race well that counted, not who was first," he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show when asked about concerns over the safety of the vaccine given the speed with which it had been produced.