RM505mil worth of Covid-19 vaccines wasted

Cost overrun: 8.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured by the Health Ministry were expired as of June 1, 2023.

PETALING JAYA: A total 8.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses worth RM505mil went to waste after expiring in June this year, says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

The total projected vaccine requirement was 83.3 million doses, of which 72.8 million had been used, which was 88% of the projection, according to its report on the management of the Covid-19 outbreak.