Norway discards COVID-19 vaccines as supplies exceed demand

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Norwegian health authorities said Tuesday that the country has a surplus of COVID-19 vaccines and has already discarded more than 137,000 doses because there is declining demand in low-income countries.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said it plans a further disposal of doses if global demand does not change. In Norway there is high vaccine coverage while globally a demand for donations has fallen."For the first time during the pandemic, the supply now exceeds the demand for COVID-19 vaccine doses," the agency said, adding that situation also applies to most European Union countries. Norway is not a member of the EU.

Norway has donated 7.4 million doses to more than 25 countries, chiefly via the UN-backed program known as COVAX but also via bilateral donations. Earlier this month, health officials in neighbouring Denmark said that 1.1 million excess COVID-19 vaccines would be discarded because their expiration date is near, and efforts to donate them to developing countries have failed.

According to the Norwegian agency, 93.1% of people older than 18 years of age have received a first dose of a vaccine while 90.7% have gotten a second shot.

 

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No, dude. You share them. Didn’t your parents teach you to share? Why pour hard work down the drain?

There would be no demand without mandates

What do ya mean by discard, give to other country that might need them?

Also because it's ineffective, glad we got all those pharmaceutical companies those billions. That's all that matters.

It's because their news is actually reporting about the Pfizer docs and people are refusing to take anymore of the poison. Do better CTV!!! Report on the Pfizer docs!!!

Some countries know better than to accept gifts from strangers. Here in Canada caution has settled in given issues related to safety & efficacy. DontOpenYourArmToStrangers TM 💪🏃💉 🍵

When will Trudeau bravely drop those excessive vaccine purchases?

Sure looks like they robbed us, our governments I mean. We can rob them back you know. If the law won't step in to protect taxpayers, what choice is left for us? Take it dry and just accept paying a ridiculous amount of taxes going forward? Why would anyone respect the law now?

Are the kids that now are suffering from hepatitis. Victims of vaccine side effect. Kinda looking like it

Oh I'm sure JustinTrudeau is first in line to buy all of those surplus 'vaccines'.

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