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At least 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses are set to expire on April 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Malawi aims to vaccinate about 11 million people, representing 60% of its population, although people are still distrustful of the vaccine. File photo: Ayanda Ndamane\/African News Agency (ANA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RUSTENBURG, April 12 (ANA) – Malawi is racing against the clock to administer about 40,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine that are set to expire on Tuesday, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Daily newspaper The Nation reported on Friday that the south-eastern African country has scaled up the vaccine administration in order to beat the expiry date of April 13.<\/p>\n

The expiring doses were part of the 102,000 doses received from the African Union (AU).<\/p>\n

Health spokesperson Joshua Malango told the publication that the ministry has since increased Covid-19 vaccination centres to reach out to many Malawians and ensure that the 40,000 doses were used before the expiry date.<\/p>\n

Malango said they were confident they would finish the remaining doses because they have beefed up teams to conduct the vaccination in various centres.<\/p>\n

Some were even going to workplaces and places of worship for vaccination. The vaccine is open to everyone now that the country is on phase three of the roll-out.<\/p>\n

He said that of the current stock of vaccine available in Malawi, those with the longest lifespan will expire in July this year.<\/p>\n

Health experts told the publication that they were worried about the low vaccine uptake, fearing more doses may expire if people continue to stay away from vaccination.<\/p>\n

The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives said vaccination should be mandatory.<\/p>\n

The Society of Medical Doctors in Malawi said the vaccine was safe although there were people with misconceptions about it.<\/p>\n

Malawi aims to vaccinate about 11 million people, representing 60% of its population.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Sunday, Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said, cumulatively, 209, 353 doses have been administered in the country, with 4,995 being administered in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

She warned that the country was still experiencing community transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Malawi has registered 22 new Covid-19 cases, 119 new recoveries and one new death as of April 11.<\/p>\n

Twenty-one were locally transmitted and one was an imported case that was identified at the Mwanza border. The death was registered in the Salima District.<\/p>\n

Malawi has so far recorded 33,827 Covid-19 infection cases, 1,128 deaths and 31,479 recoveries.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

– African News Agency (ANA); Editing by Yaron Blecher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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