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Will we get the vaccine before the year's end?

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that if the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authori...

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10.19 16 Dec 2020


Will we get the vaccine before the year's end?


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10.19 16 Dec 2020


Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that if the European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorises the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine within a few days of its 21 December meeting, it is possible the vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year.

Lorraine Nolan - Chief executive of Ireland's drugs regulator, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) joined Shane and Ciara to explain all.

 

Picture by: Adrian Wyld/AP/Press Association Images

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