Explainer: Why can't Covid-19 vaccines be made in Ireland?
Put simply, the manufacturing facilities across the Stateâs pharma sector are not equipped to make the Covid-19 vaccine and it would take years for them to be repurposed to make vaccines. Pfizer began scaling up manufacturing for the Covid-19 vaccine last summer and decided to centralise production in four locations globally, three in the United States and one in Europe (Belgium). Some equipment required to produce the vaccine did not exist and had to be created from scratch requiring a â...
Corona Virus Leo Varadkar Matt Moran Micheal Martin Taoiseach Ida Ireland Irish Business And Employers Confederation
Source: irishtimes.com