It's Hoped The "Bulk" Of The Population Will Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19 By The Summer

That's according to the head of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee

All nursing home residents and staff are to be given the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in the next two weeks. 

While the first doses of the Moderna vaccine will arrive into the country in the coming days.

Professor Karina Butler says a number of measures have facilitated the accelerated rollout: