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DAKAR. — At least 200 000 Covid-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200 000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said yesterday.
African governments have been calling for more Covid-19 vaccines to help catch up with richer regions, where vaccine rollouts have been humming along for more than a year.
Yet, as the pace of supply has picked up in recent weeks some countries have struggled to keep pace. Logistical problems, the short shelf life of vaccines that arrive from donors, and vaccine hesitancy have all kept doses from reaching arms.
Up to 1 million Covid-19 vaccines expired in Nigeria last month, Reuters revealed.
”The main problem is vaccine hesitation,” said Ousseynou Badiane, who is in charge of Senegal’s vaccine rollout. — Reuters.
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