Health
Spoiled in transit: 3000 vaccines thrown away – Morning Bulletin
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has revealed thousands of vaccines have already been thrown out due to supply-chain mistakes and many had looming expiration dates.
Looming expiration dates and the Victorian outbreak have driven this weekend’s massive inoculation drive targeting 15,000 people, as Queensland ramps up its ability to put jabs in arms.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said she didn’t want to waste a single drop of “liquid gold” even as she revealed some batches had to be thrown away after supply-chain mistakes had meant deliveries were made to wrong addresses, or allowed to thaw.
As 18 vaccination hubs operate this weekend, Ms D’Ath said the Victorian…
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