COVID-19 | U.S. vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

Around the country, states are rushing to use up doses before they expire this summer.

In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions of doses back to the federal government, even though less than half of their total populations are vaccinated. Oklahoma has not asked for new doses from the government for more than a month, spurning its 2,00,000-a-week allotment. Around the country, states are rushing to use up doses before they expire this summer. The U.S. is confronted with an ever-growing surplus of coronavirus vaccine, looming expiration dates and stubbornly lagging demand at a time when the developing world is clamouring for doses to stem a rise in infections.