What should be done with Canada’s expiring COVID-19 vaccine doses? – CTV
April 21, 2022
With more than one million, and potentially more, COVID-19 vaccine doses having expired in Canada so far this year, some are urging the country to do more to send excess supply to countries that need them.
Health Canada says nearly 1.5 million doses, held in a national inventory, have expired since January, The Canadian Press reported last week.
While representing less than two per cent of the 118 million doses delivered to Canada since December 2020, the vast majority of those in Canada’s stockpile of more than 18 million will expire in the next four months.
Speaking to CTV’s Your Morning on Thursday, University of Saskatchewan professor of community health and epidemiology Nazem Muhajarine said some waste is inevitable, but it’s something Canada needs to pay attention to and plan for.
