Well being company says it's tough for Denmark and different EU nations to search out recipient nations for the surplus doses.
Danish well being officers say that 1.1 million extra COVID-19 vaccines will likely be discarded within the coming weeks as a result of their expiration date is close to, and efforts to donate them to creating nations have failed.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), a authorities company that maps the unfold of infectious illnesses together with COVID-19 in Denmark, mentioned on Monday the epidemic within the Scandinavian nation “is at present below management, and the vaccine protection within the Danish inhabitants is excessive”.
About 81 % of Denmark’s inhabitants of 5.8 million has acquired two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, whereas practically 62 % have acquired a booster shot.
SSI mentioned that Denmark, like many nations around the globe, has a surplus of vaccines.
“Now there are international challenges with the donation of COVID-19 vaccines, [among others] as a result of…a scenario has arisen the place the provision of vaccines exceeds the demand,” the company mentioned.
SSI added that Denmark has donated 9 million doses of vaccines and has been collaborating with different European Union nations to search out nations that can obtain surplus vaccines.
“Nonetheless, in mild of declining demand and lack of rollout capability and willingness to be vaccinated in creating nations, it has been tough for Denmark and different EU nations to search out recipient nations for the surplus doses,” the company mentioned.
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