Nigeria destroys expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine
2021-12-24 08:58:23Source: Xinhua News Agency
This is the scene of the destruction of the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
Xinhua News Agency, Abuja, December 22 (Reporter Guo Jun) On the 22nd, the Nigerian health department destroyed more than 1 million doses of Aspergillus that were donated by European countries and had expired at a landfill on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Likang’s new crown vaccine.
The Director of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency Faisal Shuaib said at the destruction ceremony that the Nigerian health department had recovered more than 1.06 million doses of AstraZeneca’s new crown vaccine that expired in November from all over the country and destroyed them in a concentrated manner. .
This is the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
Shuaib said that these vaccines donated by European countries were almost past the expiration date when they arrived in Nigeria, but due to the extreme shortage of new crown vaccines at that time, the Nigerian government had to accept them. At present, there are still some vaccines with a short shelf life across the country, which poses a huge challenge to the government’s vaccine distribution and vaccination work.
The Nigerian Ministry of Health issued a statement a few days ago saying that many low- and middle-income countries, like Nigeria, have received the new crown vaccine that is about to expire. The statement called on the new crown vaccine donors to start relevant procedures as soon as possible after deciding to donate vaccines, so that the recipient countries and regions can receive vaccines with a longer shelf life to avoid waste. At present, the Nigerian government no longer accepts the new crown vaccine with a short remaining shelf life.
This is the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
This is the scene of the destruction of the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
This is the scene of the destruction of the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
This is the scene of the destruction of the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
This is the scene of the destruction of the expired AstraZeneca new crown vaccine taken on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 22. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Peter Oba)
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