Ireland to receive 160,000 AstraZeneca doses after Italian discovery

A vial of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine ready for use. Picture: Alastair Grant/AP
Ireland is to receive approximately 160,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after 29m doses were found in an Italian warehouse, the
understands.Of the 29m doses discovered, 16m will be split pro-rata between EU member states, with Ireland getting 1%, or 160,000.