Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Israel has said it will destroy 800,000 doses of its near-expired Covid-19 vaccine if there is no buyer.
Israel Public Broadcasting Company (KAN) reported that Israel will destroy the vaccine if no country is willing to buy it past the expiration date.
However, as reported by the news agency Anatolia, CAN did not elaborate further on the expiration date and the company producing the Covid-19 vaccine.
Previously, Israel also agreed to donate around 1 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Palestine.
In return, the Palestinians will send one million doses of Pfizer vaccine to Israel from packages scheduled to arrive in September or October.
However, the Palestinians canceled the agreement because the vaccine that Israel would send was nearing its expiration date.
Israel itself is known as one of the countries in the world with the most successful Covid-19 vaccination program.
To date, about 5.16 million people or 57 percent of the population in Israel have been fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the total vaccine that has been injected has reached 10.7 million doses.
With high vaccination rates and a decrease in Covid-19 transmission, Israel has had time to allow its citizens to remove masks when doing activities, both indoors and outdoors.
However, when the Covid-19 case in Israel spiked again due to the emergence of the Delta variant, the government again required its citizens to wear masks indoors.
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