Northern Ireland’s CMO content to wait his turn for Covid jab

Care home staff receive the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Bradley Manor residential care home in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said he is content to wait for his turn to receive the coronavirus vaccination.

Neither Dr Michael McBride nor Health Minister Robin Swann have yet received the jab while the chief executives of the health trusts have.