Northern Ireland's Health Minister has said the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine is likely to be significantly ramped up with one of the largest deliveries of the AstraZeneca jab to Northern Ireland expected this week.
Speaking during a visit to a vaccination centre at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, Robin Swann said they are likely to have administered jabs to 600,000 people in Northern Ireland by Wednesday.
He said some of the regional vaccination centres are being moved from Pfizer to AstraZeneca due to the imminent delivery. "Because of the size of this delivery, it will actually be two separate batches, one has a use-by date of the end of this month but with the numbers we are putting through now on a daily basis, we'll be able