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68 M doses of COVID vaccine wasted - COA report

January 29, 2025

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The Philippine Star

High vaccine wastage and low vaccination and booster rates marred the government's P74.68-million COVID-19 National Vaccination Program (CNVP), which was implemented from 2021 to 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its latest report.

- By ELIZABETH MARCELO

"Gaps in vaccination implementation resulted in 68 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine wastages exceeding the acceptable limit," the COA said in its performance audit report on the government's implementation of CNVP pursuant to Republic Act 11525 or the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act.

The COA, in its report uploaded on its website last Dec. 23, stated that its analysis of the data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that a total of 251,774,460 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were procured by and donated to the government as of Sept. 8, 2023. Of these, 27.28 percent, or 68,681,445 doses, were already reported as "wastage" as of Nov. 30, 2024.

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