WHO envoy says ferocity of virus surge a surprise - RTÉ

The World Health Organization's Special Envoy on Covid-19 has said the "the ferocity and the rapidity of the (current) surge has surprised us somewhat."

Dr David Nabarro said it will be some weeks before it is known whether Covid-19 vaccines are slowing the rate of the pandemic.

Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Philip Boucher-Hayes, he said the first priority for vaccination in most countries is to protect people most at risk and the second priority is to use the vaccine for a more general effort to slow the pandemic.