Covid-19: Government in talks to secure early delivery of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

Ireland will recieve over 3m doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. File Picture: Russell Cheyne/PA Wire

The Government is in talks to secure early delivery of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.

Though the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been granted approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), it is expected to be authorised for use in Europe by the end of the month.