Covid-19: Minister signs order authorising rollout of Moderna vaccine

The Moderna vaccine is the second jab to recieve authorisation for use here. File Picture: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
Authorisation for use of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been signed by the health minister, Stephen Donnelly.
The authorisation order, which is effective immediately, comes a day after the first shipment of the vaccine arrived in the country on Tuesday.