WHO has also told African countries earlier that they should not waste the donated vaccine dose. However, the Government of Malawi (Vaccines to African Nations) has said that it has not given an expired vaccine to its citizens.
Thousands of vaccines were destroyed in Malawi
Malawi Destroyed AstraZeneca Covid Vaccines: Worldwide, vaccination is being done on a large scale to avoid the havoc of Coronavirus. Some countries have excess vaccines, some do not even have half the population. Meanwhile, the news that is hurting everyone is the waste of the vaccine. One such news has come out from the African country of Malawi. Here 19,610 doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine developed against COVID-19 were wasted on Wednesday. This vaccine expired a few days ago.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine was declared safe by both the African Union (AU) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The consignment of 102,000 vaccines arrived here on 26 March under the initiative of AU and WHO. But she expired on 13 April. That is, this country had only three weeks to use them (Malawi Destroys COVID Vaccine). Malawi had transported 80 percent of the vaccine to different locations by that time. This was informed by John Nekengsong, director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in a press conference.
Government released statement
In the press conference held at the end of last month, he said that the vaccine dose can be used till July 13. He said this based on another analysis conducted by the vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII). He and WHO have already told African countries not to waste the donated vaccine dose. However, the Government of Malawi (Vaccines to African Nations) has said that it has not given an expired vaccine to its citizens. The government has said, “We are wasting it under the policy of the government because the expire vaccine has never been used.”
All vaccines lit
The vaccine has been lit in a red plastic bag. SII has not said anything in this matter yet. Earlier, South Sudan also set aside 59,000 doses of vaccine from AU and was not used due to the expiry of the vaccine (Countries Destroying Covid Vaccines). Malawi’s Health Ministry says that till May 18, 335,232 doses have been given to people in the country. While so far, a total of 34,231 cases of corona virus and 1,153 deaths have been recorded. Let us tell you that African countries are finding it difficult to get the COVID-19 vaccine. They are being vaccinated under the WHO initiative Kovacs.
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