The Government is set to buy one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from Romania, in what is seen as a major boost to the vaccination programme.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin held talks with the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis this morning, and it was agreed in principle to purchase one million Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - which are expected to arrive here as soon as possible.
Romania has had one of the lowest uptakes of the vaccines in Europe leading to excess supplies. Government officials here have held talks with a number of other EU member states where there are surplus supplies and sources say there have been a "number of leads" which could result in similar deals.