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Health ministry says return of Covid-19 vaccines to COVAX in order
The South Sudan ministry of health has said the return of Covid-19 vaccines to the COVAX facility, the global initiative for equitable access of vaccines, should not cause concern as it is based on the country s absorption capacity.
The undersecretary of the health ministry, Mayen Machut Achiek, explained in an interview with Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday that the move was compelled by the realization that the country cannot administer the vaccines before their expiry date.
“With the African countries that are having financial problems with storing the vaccine, what the COVAX facility has done is they will take from you the quantity that you are unlikely to deploy before the expiring date,” Machut explained. “So instead of (the vaccine) expiring in your cold chain, they will take it and put it on the platform. Now when it is still on the platform, a country will pop up and say it will be able to deploy it
South Sudan to return 72,000 Covid vaccines to Covax AFP 2 hrs ago AFP © Nipah Dennis South Sudan will be left with 52,000 doses from Covax it hopes to use before they expire in July
South Sudan will return 72,000 doses of donated Covid-19 vaccines after concluding it cannot administer the jabs before they expire, a health ministry official told AFP on Tuesday.
The country received 132,000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine in late March from Covax, the global initiative to ensure lower-income countries receive jabs, but so far has administered less than 8,000 shots.
The rollout has been hampered by vaccine hesitancy and major logistical hurdles in the vast and underdeveloped country of 12 million, which, apart from the pandemic, faces an emergency food crisis and widespread armed insecurity.
The vaccines are set to expire in July.
While 72 000 will be returned to the Covax facility, the country will keep 52 000 of the doses that it hopes to use before the expiration date.
South Sudan will return 72 000 doses of donated Covid-19 vaccines after concluding it cannot administer the jabs before they expire, a health ministry official told AFP on Tuesday.
The country received 132 000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine in late March from Covax, the global initiative to ensure lower-income countries receive jabs, but so far has administered less than 8 000 shots.
The rollout has been hampered by vaccine hesitancy and major logistical hurdles in the vast and underdeveloped country of 12 million, which, apart from the pandemic, faces an emergency food crisis and widespread armed insecurity.
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