Nearly 250,000 doses of Covid vaccine administered in Northern Ireland

Eileen Lynch, 94, receives the first of two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr Michael McKenna, at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast. Picture: Kelvin Boyes/PressEye/PA)

Almost a quarter of a million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.

Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann told the Assembly that, as of Sunday, 246,421 doses had been administered, comprising 221,809 first doses and 24,612 second doses.