Under delivery of Johnson and Johnson vaccine puts Government timeline in doubt

A significant under-delivery of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine has put the government's vaccination timeline in doubt. 

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says in a best case scenario Ireland will only get half the promised amount of the single-jab vaccine in June. 

It's expected half of all adults will have been given at least one vaccination by the end of this week. 

But Minister Donnelly says the target of 82 per cent of adults getting a jab by the end of June is now in question.

"For June we were expected and contracted to receive about 450,000 doses,  the best case that I have is that we will receive about half of that, which is about 235,000 cases.

"The worst case scenario could be as low as 60,000 in June."