Vials of Covid-19 vaccine unable to be used after being incorrectly stored

Embargoed to 1630 Saturday January 2, 2021 A vial of doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is checked, as the first batch arrives at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

The HSE has apologised after a number of vials of the Covid-19 vaccine had to be disposed of after they were incorrectly stored.

Around 130 Pfizer-BioNTech doses had to be discarded.