Q&A: I just got a Covid-19 vaccine. Now what?

What does the vaccine mean for the fight against coronavirus?

What do you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine programme to be rolled out in Ireland. File picture. 

Britain is the first country in the world to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech, initially making the shot available at 50 hospitals.

A grandmother, originally from Northern Ireland, became the first person in the world to receive Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine as the National Health Service (NHS) embarks on a mass vaccination programme.