A Covid-19 vaccine will be available in Northern Ireland from early next week.
The Pfizer-BioNTech jab, which is 95 per cent effective, has been approved for use by UK authoriities.
It's the first country in the world to approve the vaccine for widespread roll-out.
The British government has ordered 40 million doses with healthcare staff and nursing home residents expected to be the first to get it.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it'll be given out in three places:
Here at home, Public Expenditure Minister, Michael McGrath, says we’re still a number of weeks away from the rollout of this vaccine.
He said: "The approving authority is the European Medicines Agency. They have signaled they have received the application from Pfizer-BioNTech and that they will be meeting in late December, the 29th of December, and may may make a decision as early as then or possibly on the 12th January. So it's a matter of weeks away and I think we need to let it take its course."
