Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine ‘is very exciting news,’ says Irish professor

This is the second Covid-19 vaccine to report results far exceeding expectations following from Pfizer's announcement.

The firm’s final-stage clinical trial is ongoing and includes more than 30,000 people in the US. Picture: AP Photo/Hans Pennink

Infectious diseases specialist at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland and chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, Professor Karina Butler has described the announcement that a second Covid vaccine has a 95% success rate as “very exciting news.” 

The news of the Moderna vaccine was a breakthrough and this was “an extraordinary day” she told RTÉ radio’s News at One.