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08:26, Mar 25 2022
Rachel Thomas
Tens of thousands of Covid-19 vaccines worth more than $800,000 will be dumped by the end of next week as AstraZeneca doses expire, with officials signalling new courses are unlikely to be offered for much longer.
AstraZeneca was made available in late November, for people aged 18 and over who could not have the Pfizer vaccine or who wanted a different option.
But of the 100,000 doses shipped to the country in late November, just 8485 had been used, with 76,000 likely to be disposed of on April 2, the Ministry of Health has said. ...
Rachel Thomas
Tens of thousands of Covid-19 vaccines worth more than $800,000 will be dumped by the end of next week as AstraZeneca doses expire, with officials signalling new courses are unlikely to be offered for much longer.
AstraZeneca was made available in late November, for people aged 18 and over who could not have the Pfizer vaccine or who wanted a different option.
But of the 100,000 doses shipped to the country in late November, just 8485 had been used, with 76,000 likely to be disposed of on April 2, the Ministry of Health has said. ...
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