Switzerland destroys 19 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Switzerland has destroyed 18.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines that have expired. This represents more than the number of jabs that have been administered countrywide, a parliamentary committee reported. In its annual report published on Tuesday, the House of Representatives Management Committee noted that the destruction of more Covid-19 vaccine doses will be unavoidable. Since last March, 8.2 million doses have been destroyed. The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) gave the statistics to the committee for its investigations into the Swiss government’s vaccination strategy, which are listed in the report. Between December 2020 and the end of July 2023, 17 million Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in Switzerland. + Covid vaccine doses go to waste in Switzerland amid huge stockpile The parliamentary committee deplores the fact that the implementation of the Swiss vaccine procurement strategy has resulted in the destruction...