Switzerland will destroy 9 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that have reached their expiry date, with another 5.1 million vaccine jabs set to meet the same fate by February, the government said on Wednesday.
“With this deliberately chosen strategy, it was accepted that too much vaccine would be procured and that some of the procured doses would have to be sold, passed on or possibly destroyed,” the Swiss cabinet said in a statement, reported Reuters.
Since the end of 2020, Switzerland has got 31.9 million vaccine doses from Moderna and other suppliers, of which 16.1 million have been administered. Another 3.2 million were passed on to third countries, the government said. Switzerland as of June had an excess of about 38 million doses of several types of COVID-19 vaccines that would expire by the end of 2022, according to an estimate in July by the Swissinfo news website.
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Editor’s Note: World governments would be better off if instead of acting tyrannical and mandating experimental drugs on an entire population, they offered the jabs for people who trusted and wanted them. Given the track record of pharmaceutical companies, is it a surprise no one wants them? — mmd