Astra Zeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are effective and saving lives says NI Chief Medical Officer

Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer has given his full backing to Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine programme and said: “They are protecting people from Covid-19 - and saving lives.” Dr Michael McBride was responding to differing reports on the effectiveness of the vaccines, in particular AstraZeneca’s. But he urged people to be confident in the vaccines being rolled out in Northern Ireland right now and urged everyone eligible for the shot, to have it. Dr McBride said: “The AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are protecting people from Covid-19 - and saving lives.