The boss of AstraZeneca says Ireland can expect a “large volume” of vaccines in the coming weeks.
In an interview with The Irish Times, the new country president Dan Wygal says the firm's overcoming some manufacturing problems it has encountered.
827,000 AstraZeneca doses were expected in the first quarter based on advance purchase agreements, but just 228,000 have arrived.
Mr Wygal declined to apologise but said he feels “highly accountable” to do all he can to improve the situation.
Mr Wygal, who started as the firm's Irish president three weeks ago, said “in the coming weeks we’ll have some of the largest shipments yet sent into Ireland”.
The largest shipment so far, 100,000 doses, will arrive in Ireland next week.
Meanwhile, the Government is set to be warned by the National Health Emergency Team (Nphet) about the volatile Covid-19 situation on Monday.
This will come ahead of the latest update on Covid-19 restrictions on Tuesday.
Senior public health sources warned that if the Government “does something in April that triggers a wave, they have a disaster on their hands; if they hold off until May or June it is a completely different risk profile”.
