Malawi has burned almost 20,000 doses of expired coronavirus vaccines, despite assurances from health organisations that they were still safe to use. However, the Malawian government said it would not give expired vaccines to its citizens. Chiponda said the burning of the vaccines will prevent those with a negative perception of inoculations from using the excuse of expired vaccines from getting the shots. Malawi got its first consignment of 360,000 AstraZeneca doses in early March from the U.N.-backed COVAX initiative. Chiponda (right) said the burning of the vaccines will prevent those with a negative perception of inoculations from using the excuse of expired vaccines from getting the shots.

Source: Daily Mail May 19, 2021 13:49 UTC