‘An absolute scandal’: UK threw away 600,000 vaccine doses after they passed expiry date

The Independent says The UK threw away more than 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine after the life-saving jabs were allowed to pass their expiry date, The Independent can reveal.

In what has been described as an “absolute scandal”, the government failed to donate the doses to poorer countries struggling to access Covid vaccines – despite previous promises to redistribute supplies that were deemed surplus to requirements in the UK.

The doses were no longer needed in Britain after the decision was made in May to stop offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to younger age groups because of concerns over rare blood clotting.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-vaccine-doses-astrazeneca-donations-uk-b1958000.html