Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid shots as many close to expiry

Last month, poorer nations rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX.

Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said on Thursday.

The big figure shows the difficulties of vaccinating the world despite growing supplies of shots, with COVAX getting closer to delivering 1 billion doses to a total of nearly 150 countries.