The Malawian government said it would not give expired vaccines to its citizens. However, the Malawian government said it would not give expired vaccines to its citizens. "We are destroying (them) because, as government policy, no expired vaccine has ever been used," said Health Minister Khumbize Chaponda, at Kamuzu Central Hospital in the administrative capital Lilongwe. "On behalf of the government I assure all Malawians that no one will be given an expired COVID vaccine," she said. Malawi's health ministry said the country had administered 335,232 vaccine doses as of May 18, and recorded 34,231 COVID infections and 1,153 deaths.

Source: Standard Digital May 19, 2021 16:41 UTC