Health care professionals warn of vaccines going waste due to expiry
The Hindu
They call for administering booster dose to frontline workers and those at higher risk
States including Gujarat and Jharkhand and some others may be heading towards an inevitable COVID vaccination waste in the private health care sector due to expiry, according to Girdhar Gyani, Director General of the Association of Healthcare Providers (India). As per their survey, the situation could arise as early as December if a mechanism to remedy this was not immediately put in place.
“This is happening in the private health care sector. We are getting news from other parts of the country also about vaccine stocks nearing expiry date. The Health Ministry has given us this understanding that they may export the excess stock to prevent waste. We have approached the Ministry asking it to direct manufactures to take back the excess stock and also look into making booster dose available for health care workers who were vaccinated early this year,” he said.
According to the Health Ministry, India has more than 21.65 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses with States/Union Territories.
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