The Government has already indicated it will received over 2 million doses - around 693,000 a month - of this vaccine in April, May and June. Read MoreIt comes as health officials wait for the European Medicines Agency to give the all clear to the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday after its investigation into whether there is a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots. The roll out of the AstraZeneca vaccine will remain on hold here until the findings of the review. It is hoped to get around one million doses a month. These accelerated 10 million doses will bring the total doses of BioNTech-Pfizer in Quarter 2 up to over 200 million.

Source: Irish Independent March 16, 2021 10:53 UTC