Reasons for optimism over Covid-19 vaccine rollout

AstraZeneca tonight agreed to supply the EU with a further 9m doses in the first quarter, which will mean an extra 100,000 vaccines for Ireland, reducing the expected supply shortfall from 300,000 doses to 200,000 in the first quarter

Ireland is set to receive nearly 100,000 more vaccines from Oxford AstraZeneca following a new agreement between the manufacturer and the European Union.

Ireland, and the world, may be facing a challenging road ahead to bring the pandemic under control given recent vaccine supply issues but there are reasons to remain optimistic.

The rapid development of vaccines against Covid-19 in less than a year brought great hope that an end in sight to the pandemic was near.