One million Covid vaccines 'expired' in Nigeria last month – latest updates

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Latest on global Covid crisis: 🇳🇬 1M doses 'wasted' as Europe sent expired or close to expiry vaccines to Nigeria 🦠 Current vaccines 'highly unlikely' to fail against Omicron 🇺🇸 US sees record for booster dose receivers For more:

Some of the doses arrived within four-to-six weeks of expiry and could not be used in time, Nigerian sources say. Up to one million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters news agency, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.

They were supplied via Covax, the dose-sharing facility led by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the WHO which is increasingly reliant on donations. At the same time, he said there was no sign that Omicron could fully sidestep protections provided by existing Covid vaccines.Brazil has ruled out requiring a Covid-19 vaccination certificate for foreign travelers arriving in the country, despite a recommendation from the national health regulator.

 

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