INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
about 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines that are currently past their use-by date and worth more than 23 billion rubles ($398 million),
reports, although it has previously issued orders to extend vaccine shelf life and approve the use of these doses.In late May, political
activist Elvira Vikhareva said she was given a shot of an expired vaccine at Moscow's Polyclinic No
The reporter was also shown documents approved by the Health Ministry in Moscow extending the shelf life of expired frozen vaccines from six
to nine months and that of liquid vaccines from two to six months
It also said that medical personnel should continue to prioritize and use vaccines that expired in January, February, March and April.A
nurse also told Gladyshev there would be no harm from the expired dose and that the vaccines were delivered frozen
They also stressed that the Health Ministry had conducted studies proving the expired vaccine was safe but refused to show any supporting
Its shelf life is poorly understood
that expired vaccines will not cause serious harm, but are also unlikely to be effective
into poison when it expires, but it might not provide any benefit
There are epidemiological rules behind vaccine production and expiration dates are stamped on them for a reason," Pesterev said.Meanwhile,
4,000-10,000 rubles ($70 - $172).The private Medicina Clinic in Moscow charges 9,500 rubles ($164) for a vaccination
The price includes a mandatory PCR test, a brief medical exam and the vaccination itself."The Sputnik vaccine itself is free
As soon as the vaccine expires, we discard it
We buy new vaccines, even though we know about the Health Ministry of Health's decree extending their shelf life
Approximately 3,500 new Covid-19 cases are currently reported in Russia daily, with around 1,800 of those admitted to hospital in serious
director of Transparency International-R, says that using expired vaccines that cost tens of billions of rubles from the state budget could
