Indonesia seeks longer shelf life donations as 19 million Covid-19 shots expired

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JAKARTA — Nineteen million doses of vaccines in Indonesia's national Covid-19 stockpile have expired this year and 1.5 million more are set to expire next month, as donated shots arrive with a short shelf life, a health official said on Wednesday (March 30).

Indonesia and many other developing nations are ramping up their vaccination campaign, aided by donations from wealthy countries, but they have been calling for donations with a longer shelf life.

Most of the expired were AstraZeneca's shot, and they also included Moderna's, she said. Indonesia receives donations from the Covax global vaccine sharing scheme and countries such as Australia and the United States. Indonesia's food and drug agency said earlier this month that it extended the expiry dates of several vaccines, including AstraZeneca's and Sinovac's, after reviewing new available data about their efficacy.

 

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We still using the expired vax. No waste in our mind 😊😊

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