About 354,240 vaccines against Kovit-19 have expired in the country, according to the Ministry of Public Health, which represents a loss percentage of 1.4%.
Deputy Minister of Joint Health, Dr. Eladio Perez, at the company’s press conference, was the majority Similar to the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca It expired on various dates.
Although Dr. Perez could not specify how much money would be lost due to expired doses, he assured that there had been losses of more than 14% in previous years, especially since 2015, so the current percentage did not represent a large loss.
“During your order, we estimated a loss of 10%, which came from other types of biological products in the previous vaccination days,” the Joint Deputy Minister of Health explained.
“Internationally, comparing expired doses shows that there are more than 15 million expired doses in countries such as the United States and other countries such as Spain, Guatemala, Nigeria, Congo, and the United Kingdom,” he added. .
Similarly, he said The next batch of vaccines will expire in March and will be rejected if they are not used or donated in the country.
Perez said there are more than 9 million vaccines and that more than 70% of the vaccines will expire in 2023, and called on people to get vaccinated.
“The important thing to remember is that we have the capacity and availability to vaccinate. The vaccine is not a strategy to mitigate the impact of an infection, the vaccine is a preventive measure,” he said.
Republican Vice President Rahul Pena said last Tuesday Contacts have been established with other countries The state will be in a position to donate them to other governments if needed.
