30 Jul 2020

Covid-19: Ministry of Health developing fast vaccine approval process

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 30 July 2020

The Ministry of Health is developing a faster approval process for vaccines in readiness to roll out any Covid-19 immunisation programme.

That could mean a drug company being granted indemnity from any claims arising from the use of any vaccine.

A similar protection was offered by the Labour government in 2007 when Bird flu was the global threat.

Ben Strang speaks to Corin Dann.