BRUSSELS, Belgium — Poor countries refused to take around 100 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses in December alone, chiefly due to their short shelf life, the United Nations said Thursday.
UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, uses its vaccine logistics expertise to handle delivery flights for Covax, the global scheme set up to ensure a flow of doses to poorer nations. In October-November, 15 million EU-donated doses were rejected — 75 percent of them AstraZeneca shots with a shelf life of less than 10 weeks upon arrival.
“And I’m talking here also for large, big countries where naturally you’d think that they do have the capacity.”Covax is co-led by the WHO, the Gavi vaccine alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Via UNICEF, it is about to deliver its billionth vaccine dose.
Ni reject ng citizen nila yan experimental vaccine kaya binigay sa poor countries bago mag expiry, then igigiit nila na gamitin. Don't you want to know Why they rejected the vax?
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