The White House is seen on the day when the Senate handed US President Trump the first veto override of his presidency, passing the National Defense Authorization Act. in Washington, DC, on Jan 1, 2021. WASHINGTON: A top White House official on Tuesday urged state governors to work with the US Food and Drug Administration to extend the shelf life of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine as millions of unused doses nationwide near expiration.
J&J has said it is conducting ongoing stability assessment studies that could allow it to push out the expiration dates for its one-shot vaccine. Demand for all the vaccines has slowed since mid-April, but the drop has been significantly steeper for the J&J shot.Reuters reported that at least 13 lots of J&J shots have expiration dates of Jun 27 or earlier. It is not clear how many doses that reflects. J&J has another 100 million doses on hand but shipment timing is uncertain.
The expiring doses account for around 30 per cent of all the J&J doses that Ohio has received so far. Just under 400,000 people in Ohio have received the J&J shot as of Monday, according to CDC data.
WHO is asking for vaccine donation to Covax and here several million of doses are going to be wasted.
That's selfish consequences of hoarders of vaccines!
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