19 Nov 2020

Second covid vaccine on it's way

From Checkpoint, 5:47 pm on 19 November 2020

The latest Covid vaccine the government has signed the country up for has its origins in an Ebola jab. The vaccine by the Belgian company Janssen [yan-sen] is the second the government has agreed to purchase. If all goes to plan, it's due to arrive a bit later than the first, Pfizer vaccine, but does have several advantages. Health correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.