Expired Covid-19 vaccines cost Malaysia RM185mil, says Dzul

KUALA LUMPUR: Over nine million doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured during the pandemic by the Malaysian government expired as of June 2024, which resulted in a RM185mil loss for the government, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

The Health Minister said that the expired vaccines comprised around 10.8% of Malaysia's overall procured vaccine doses during the pandemic which totaled 84.5mil doses as of February 2021.