Tánaiste: Johnson & Johnson vaccine will not arrive in Ireland until April

The single-dose Covid-19 vaccine is set to be approved by the European Medicines Agency but it will not arrive here until early April, the Fine Gael parliamentary party was told. Picture: Cheryl Gerber/Johnson & Johnson via AP

The single-dose Johnson & Johnson jab will not arrive in Ireland until next month.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party that it is expected the vaccine will be approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday but it will not arrive in Ireland until early April.