A government report has revealed that around 4.7 million Covid vaccine doses ended up as wastage in England by the end of October 2021.
The reports noted the wastage included 1.9 million AstraZeneca vaccines
However, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises spending of public money, the wastage is far lower than projected for the country’s most ambitious vaccination programme ever.
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The BBC reports: Experts had assumed 20% of stocks might not be used, because of handling and storage problems or expiry dates.
The report praises the rollout overall, but says there were challenges.
That includes being left with too many expiring AstraZeneca doses, after experts recommended that people under 40 should preferably be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, to avoid a rare but possible link to blood clots.
Some wastage was avoided by redirecting 4.5 million AstraZeneca doses to other countries, but stocks already at local sites had to be destroyed in line with regulations. Approximately 1.9 million doses were written off.
The NAO says the vaccine programme met “stretching and unprecedented targets” to save lives. Uptake exceeded expectations. By the end of October, it had administered around 87 million doses – about six times the number in the previous annual flu vaccine programme.
Despite the success and efforts to address inequalities, lower vaccination rates persist in some groups, such as pregnant women and black and Asian communities, the report warns.
And there are issues that could threaten the programme’s continuing success next winter: “Staffing issues, including burnout, and a lack of surplus capacity in the healthcare system, present substantial risks.”
Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said: “The vaccine programme has been successful in getting early access to what were brand new vaccines, securing supply of them, and administering them to a large proportion of the population at unprecedented speed.
“The programme must now redouble its efforts to reach those who are not yet vaccinated, while also considering what a more sustainable model will involve as it moves out of its emergency phase.”
Dr Gary Howsam, from the Royal College of GPs, said the health service had “pulled out all the stops” to ensure as many people as possible were protected from Covid.
Niamh Harris
And they will claim them as losse too. To minimise their taxes as a corporation.
it is called “”destroying the evidence of a crime”
Ill bet that they have already paid for the junk.
Would not want the people to know what was in those vaccines, now would they? Same reason why they incinerated the bodies without autopsies. Same reason why funeral parlors are selling out. Because they were complicit. Same reason why hospitals are buying up children’s clinics and birthing centers. To cover up the evidence trail. The shredding business must be booming. It’s not like the twin towers or pentagon bombing where you take out the whole building that houses all the documents and the people in the way. This trail is hopscotched over the entire land. Probably why the United States Air Force is spraying us with drugs and viruses. And you thought it was to combat global warming or make snow for skiers. I am not spreading rumors. These are valid questions that should be investigated by the valid citizens of our nation.