Ireland set to receive 100,000 more vaccines as AstraZeneca reaches new agreement with EU

In a tweet, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen wrote that the Commission had reached an agreement with the vaccine manufacturer for another delivery of nine million doses before the end of the first quarter of this year.

Ireland is set to receive nearly 100,000 more vaccines from Oxford AstraZeneca following a new agreement between the manufacturer and the European Union. 

In a tweet, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen wrote that the Commission had reached an agreement on delivery of a further nine million doses before the end of the first quarter of this year.