Ireland has entered into seven Advance Purchase Agreements (APAs), subject to regulatory approval, for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccine from a range of manufacturers. Four vaccines have been authorised by the European Medicines Agency to date; Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna), Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Janssen.
More than 7.9 million doses of the four approved vaccines have been administered since the programme commenced in December, including more than 580,000 booster and immunocompromised doses administered to date.
The table beneath provides an overview of the number of vaccines by manufacturer administered in the vaccination programme.
Overview of Covid-19 Vaccine Administered by Supplier (In Millions) as of 22 November.
Vaccine
|
Doses Administered
|
Pfizer/BioNTech
|
5.9
|
Moderna
|
0.57
|
AstraZeneca
|
1.2
|
Janssen
|
.23
|
Total
|
7.9
|
Ireland's existing contractual commitments for currently authorised vaccines are being used and will underpin the continued rollout of the booster programme over the coming months.