Bulgaria Scraps Over 5 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses — More Than It Has Administered
Bulgarian health authorities announced on Monday (March 6) that 2.8 million of expired COVID-19 vaccine doses will be destroyed this year in addition to the 2.3 million doses that have already been scrapped in the country with the lowest vaccination rate in the European Union.
According to Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev there is an excessive lack of people who want a shot.
Medzhidiev said Bulgaria has called on the European Commission to end a contract with BioNTech/Pfizer under which his country is obliged to buy COVID-19 vaccines until 2025.
He said Bulgaria’s position is supported by Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.
The minister called it “irrational” for Bulgaria to buy more vaccines that the country will end up destroying.
Official figures show that Bulgaria will scrap more COVID-19 vaccine doses than it has administered.
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