Ireland set to halt further orders of AstraZeneca and Janssen jabs

Vials of the BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine (Niall Carson/PA)

Ireland is set to stop ordering further deliveries of the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and place more reliance on mRNA jabs, the head of the HSE has said.

Paul Reid said Ireland’s programme would rely mainly on Pfizer and Moderna messenger RNA vaccines, going forward.