Harris says Government should ask UK for spare vaccine doses

The State had pre-ordered 18 million vaccines and Mr Harris expected to see vaccination levels of up to 200,000 to 300,000 per week in May and June.

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has said that the Government should consider asking the UK for spare vaccine doses.

It was the job of the Government to maximise the supply of vaccines and to “get them into the arms” of people as quickly as possible, he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.