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Malawi destroys 17,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines due to reluctant citizens Published May 22, 2021 9:33pm Malawi on Wednesday destroyed nearly 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had expired in mid-April, with the health minister blaming propaganda for many Malawians reluctance to receive the jab. The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed, Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo said at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe. The southern African country has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India and 102,000 from the African Union. Kandodo said the African Union batch had two weeks of shelf life, and unfortunately, in those two weeks, we were not able to absorb everything, mostly due to the propaganda against the AstraZeneca vaccine. ....
Malawi destroys 17,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines Friday May 21 2021 Malawi has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India and 102,000 from the African Union. PHOTO | AFP Summary Since Malawi launched its vaccination drive in March, it has inoculated 300,000 people of its target to reach 11 million, or 60 percent of the population, by the end of the year. Advertisement Malawi on Wednesday destroyed nearly 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had expired in mid-April, with the health minister blaming propaganda for many Malawians reluctance to receive the jab. The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed, Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo said at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe. ....
Malawi on Wednesday destroyed nearly 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had expired in mid-April, with the health minister blaming “propaganda” for many Malawians’ reluctance to receive the jab. “The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed,” Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo said at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe. The southern African country has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India and 102,000 from the African Union. Kandodo said the African Union batch had “two weeks of shelf life, and unfortunately, in those two weeks, we were not able to absorb everything, mostly due to the propaganda against the AstraZeneca vaccine.” ....
"The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed," Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo said at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe. ....