“Due to the short shelf life of the Pfizer vaccine, all countries are challenged to use vaccines before expiry. Every effort is being made to ensure vaccines are used efficiently or optimally and wastage is minimised.”
“The manufacturers’ shelf life from the date of manufacture of the Comirnaty® vaccine is nine months when stored at -70ºC and 24 months for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine when stored at -20ºC. However, by the time the vaccine is received in the country, this shelf life is already reduced. In contrast to the demand at the start of the vaccination programme, current demand has waned,” the department said.
“However, not all countries use the same vaccines as those administered in SA. Other countries are also facing low vaccine uptake. The challenge with vaccine hesitancy is not only experienced in SA but globally. Several countries also had to dispose of expired vaccines. Some countries that could potentially accept the vaccines do not have the necessary infrastructure to safely store vaccines at the required ultra-cold temperature to prevent avoidable wastage,” the department said.
Good they must do it.
I don't care, atleast 92,370 lives are saved
Tsek
They should vaccinate those who already vaccinated and have no problems of their health. As for me, I’m not going to be vaccinated again, ever after what I experienced
They still expire even when they are in your body.
Good news, more lives are saved from this poison 🙏🙏
It was gonna be great if they themselves could transpire today so we can get people who won't be told how to manage diseases
Wow! Really? That's news to us! Why didn't they tell us before?
Hahaha
Wasted millions of rands just because of someone who didn't do his job properly.
I don't even believe they're going to confiscate the expired vaccines. How and where before one vaccinate do you check if it hasn't expired I have zero trust in our government
they must never buy more Ranko shouldn't enrich his friends using our money
Let them