BRUSSELS, April 14 — Poorer nations have refused tens of millions of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines from the global programme Covax, a document shows, the latest sign that its short shelf life is sapping demand for the shot.
But, according to a Covax document dated April 11 and published this week by the WHO, only a tiny portion were AstraZeneca. For the six months, poorer nations asked for only around half a million doses of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India, which Covax had initially regarded as its main supplier.
Vaxzevria has a shelf life of six months, but often the vaccine leaves AstraZeneca plants with only a few weeks before expiry, due to quality checks and red tape Read full story. Gavi said that some countries declined more AstraZeneca vaccines as they had stocks of Covid-19 shots available.
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