06 Jul 2021 / 13:05 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 6.25 tonnes of empty vaccine vials has been disposed of as clinical waste since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was launched on Feb 24. Ministry of Health (MOE) Engineering Services Division, in a statement, said those were the vials of Covid-19 vaccines given to 7,593,179 recipients as of June 28. “All empty vaccine vials generated from each vaccination centre (PPV) will be gathered at the PPV store daily and will be sent to the relevant hospital to be weighed before they were taken out in accordance with the stipulated frequency of clinical waste disposal,” it said.