Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the first Covid-19 vaccines will be administered on 30 December.  The Cabinet has been told that some 10,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are expected to be delivered after Christmas. For more we were joined by Paul Reid CEO of HSE.

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