[Zurich, 27th Archyde.com]–The Federal Office of Public Health of Switzerland announced on the 27th that it will discard more than 620,000 expired doses of the new coronavirus vaccine from the US biopharmacy Moderna. Vaccine demand plummeted.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health admitted that he was “consciously procuring more than needed.” We confirmed the news of the disposal of the public broadcaster RTS.
Switzerland has a population of about 8.7 million. It has secured a total of 34 million corona vaccines for this year, and announced in February this year that it would donate up to 15 million surplus vaccines to low-income countries by the middle of the year.
In Switzerland, more than 70% of the population is vaccinated with the corona vaccine at least once. Regulatory measures to prevent infection have already been lifted.