The HSE's National Director of Vaccine Supply Chain and Logistics has said Ireland now has "sufficient capacity and resilience" to roll-out the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, when it becomes available here.
Sean Bresnan was speaking following the arrival of nine ultra-low temperature freezers, which can each store between 175,000 and 200,000 doses of the jab.
He said a key part of the planning in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine implementation programme has been the procurement process. "It is an incredibly competitive market right now globally and Ireland has done extremely well in securing sufficient capacity and resilience to ensure we safely store and distributed the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine." The equipment will be based at a secure