Covid-19 white paper: 8.5 million vaccine doses expired in storage

KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 8.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the Health Ministry's inventory have expired while in storage.

The White Paper on Covid-19 Vaccine Procurement Management revealed that as at May 2, a total of 8,499,950 doses had expired, of which 3,487,730 doses were stored in ministry facilities and 5,012,220 in its storage facilities.

The document released in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday revealed that the disposal and records of inventory are conducted in accordance with the Asset and Store Management Guidelines. "A total of 1,892,000 doses of vaccines of various brands were donated to countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina," it said.

A total of 72.80 million doses of vaccines were administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme while Malaysia had a vaccine portfolio of over 83 million doses.

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