Patricia Suárez, deputy manager of health control of the Comptrollerupdated its figures and explained that as of April 28, 8,530 have already expired AstraZeneca vaccinesFor this reason, he urged the authorities to take prompt action because there are a million vaccines that will expire on September 30.
“We reported that as of April 28, 8,530 AstraZeneca vaccines had expired. Now we are going to wait for what happens with other vaccines and hopefully that they can all be used and we do not get to lose themwe will still enter with a later control”, he explained in RPP.
The official of the Comptroller explained that 30% of the vaccines about to expire are in Arequipa, Puno and Lambayeque. In this sense, he clarified that in Cenares there are no vaccines close to expiration this April 30, but there are for September.
“These vaccines have arrived as of January 21 and vaccination has begun on the 24th. The goal is four million children between the ages of 5 and 11. They have already been destroyed, that is, there is no vaccine with an expiration date of January 30. April in Cenares, but there are a million vaccines that expire next September 30. We are warning, “he explained.
Suárez stressed that the Comptroller’s Office is investigating all the irregularities and if they are verified, they will proceed to denounce the officials under all the regulations.
Comptroller warns that more than a million Pfizer vaccines for children are at risk of expiration
The Comptroller yesterday alerted the Ministry of Health (Sometimes) what more than 1 0 40 000 doses of the pediatric vaccine against COVID-19 from the Pfizer laboratory they are at risk of expiring this Saturday, April 30, which could cause their loss and affect State resources. So they expect an honest figures.
In a statement, the agency indicated that, taking into account that the daily average of children vaccinated during the week of April 11 to 17 was 16,041 doses, it would take more than 64 days to complete the application of 1,040,974 doses. remaining, a situation that would generate the risk of losing the vaccines due to expiration.
“From the revision to the Single National Repository of Health Information (Reunis) of the Ministry of Health, the control commission highlights that there is a downward trend in the application of the pediatric vaccine for both the first and second doses. The daily average of vaccinated, in the week of April 11, with the first dose is 5,157 children while for the second dose it is 10,884,” the institution said.
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