The Comptroller General has warned that there are more than 4 million 440 thousand doses of vaccines against Covid-19, coming from the Moderna and Astrazeneca laboratories, which risk expiring between November and December of this year if they are not inoculated in time. ; situation that could cause economic damage to the State.
According to the office guidance report No. 055-2022-OCI/5991/SOO, as of September 30, 2022, the National Center for the Procurement of Strategic Health Resources (Cenares), located in the Jesús María district, had 4 million 143 thousand doses from the Moderna laboratory in its warehouse which will begin to expire between November and December 13; while the 297 thousand doses of the Astrazeneca laboratory could expire between 20 and 27 December if they are not inoculated promptly.
VACCINES AGAINST COVID-19 WITH EXPIRY NOV/DEC 2022
| AGENCY | DEADLINE | NUMBER OF DOSES |
|
Modern (adult) |
November 2022 (days 27 and 28) December 2022 (days 1, 4, 5, 7 and 13) |
681 900 3 461 500 |
|
Astrazenca |
December 2022 (days 20, 22, 26 and 27) |
297 000 |
| TOTAL | 4 440 400 |
It should be noted that these figures do not include 2,400,000 doses of the Astrazeneca vaccine, which the Peruvian government donated to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health last September, with a deadline of 2022.
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This donation is made at a time when there is a downward trend in the vaccination rate and there is a significant number of Peruvian citizens, especially children between zero and twelve years old, who have not completed their vaccination program against Covid -19.
According to official data from the Ministry of Health (Minsa), published in REUNIS, as of November 20, 2022, the first dose was applied to 93.90% of the target adult population, with the second dose covering 90.14%. third dose, at 73.33%, and with the fourth dose, at 22.84%. In the case of the pediatric vaccine, 48.71% of the target pediatric population received the first dose, 38.72% received a second dose and only 13.70% completed the third dose.
Given the risk that a fifth wave of infections will begin in the fortnight of December, as foreseen by the Minsa, the Controller General invites citizens to go to the vaccination centers against Covid-19, to complete their immunization scheme.
Nonetheless, the Supreme Supervisory Body has communicated the results of the Supervisory Service no. 055-2022-OCI/5991/SOO in order to present the corrective and preventive measures it will adopt to avoid the expiry of the vaccines against Covid-19.
Report link: https://apps8.contraloria.gob.pe/SPIC/srvDownload/ViewPDF?CRES_CODIGO=2022CSI599100057&TIPOARCHIVO=ADJUNTO
