Prague might have to dispose of thousands of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine doses as they expire next month. The demand for the jab recommended only to those over 60 years old due to possible side-effects remains low.
Some 55,000 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca and shipped to the Czech Republic are set to expire by the end of October, Czech radio station IROZHLAS reported. While some 10,000 of them are expected to be used to administer second doses, the remaining batches might have to be incinerated if the demand for the jab fails to shoot up.
So far, it has been hitting rock bottom. According to the data cited in the report, only 36 people have chosen AstraZeneca for their first dose in September, and a total of 774 people have been vaccinated with it so far.
In the span of July and August, only about 1,200 of those newly vaccinated opted for AstraZeneca’s vaccine, a tiny fraction of some 860,000 people who applied for their first dose within that period.
Some 14,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine were thrown away in the past month alone due to the lack of interest from the public, Czech media reported.
The apparent lack of popularity has been blamed on the fact that the Czech health ministry recommends AstraZeneca and Johnson&Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccines only to those older than 60 years since June. The precaution was introduced after the vaccines were suspected of causing potentially deadly blood clots detected in some younger people after they received the jab. Although the cases are reported to be rare, several countries, including the Czech Republic, limited or halted the use of the vaccine.
Spokesman for the Czeh Ministry of Health, Daniel Köppl, admitted that the government expects that not all outstanding doses could be used before time runs out. And while Prague has donated over 200,000 of doses, including that of AstraZeneca, to other countries before, this time the batches can’t be salvaged due to legal hurdles, he told the outlet over the weekend.
The problem is that the unused doses have already been delivered and distributed across the country. “The law does not allow us to donate these vaccines, because the moment they are removed from the controlled distribution chain, they are expected to be used. They cannot be passed on,” Köppl said.
So far, some 55 percent of the eligible Chezh population have been fully vaccinated, while the authorities set 75% vaccination rate as their target.
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source: RT
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