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2021-05-19 14:31:12 GMT2021-05-19 22:31:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LILONGWE, May 19 (Xinhua) Malawi government Wednesday destroyed 19,610 expired COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines despite WHO s call for countries to keep the expired vaccines.
Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, led the destruction of the expired vaccines at a public event held at Kamuzu Central Hospital incinerator in the capital Lilongwe in the presence of local and international media.
The minister, who is also co-chairperson for the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the destruction of the vaccines is in line with the country s policy that does not allow any use of expired health commodities.
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The two main COVID-19 hotspots in the country, Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, will be first beneficiaries of vaccines yet to arrive, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.
Speaking in an interview with Nana Yaa Mensah on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (15 February), Dr Kwame Amponsah Achiano, Programme Manager of Expanded Immunization Programme at the Ghana Health Service said the plan is to first target the hotspots.
“We have also prioritised the hotspots and so the initial dose is basically going to be given to Greater Accra Metro and Kumasi Metro because that is the hotspots, so that is what the plan is,” he said.