Nearly 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses wastedA staff member inoculates a colleague with a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Baruipur sub-divisional hospital on the outskirts of Kolkata, India on January 18, 2021. MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 50 million donated and procured COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in the Philippines, a senator said Wednesday. Sen. Pia Cayetano, the sponsor of the Department of Health’s budget, said that the country’s COVID-19 vaccine wastage reached 49.73 million. A bulk of the wasted COVID-19 vaccines were “expired or beyond shelf life,” the senator said. Cayetano also said that the government will not appropriate any funds for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines in 2024.

Source: Philippine Star November 15, 2023 19:08 UTC