As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, tens of thousands of vaccines are set to expire in the coming weeks, with some states already reporting thousands of 'wasted' doses.
Questions about how long the immunity from vaccines will last continue and whether people will need booster shots at some point.are set to expire in the coming weeks -- with several states already reporting thousands of"wasted" doses.
Local health officials told ABC News they are concerned the doses will go to waste if demand does not pick up.In Arkansas, where only 38% of eligible people are fully vaccinated, the number of doses that are expiring has drastically increased over the summer. In April, the state reported that 60 of its doses had expired, but by May the number had jumped to 3,338. Last month, it rose to 5,744.
Iowa, Idaho and Oregon are also among the states that have tens of thousands of doses set to expire at the end of the month. In Minnesota, where over 40,000 doses have either expired or not been administered, officials have set up a process to match providers who have excess inventory with other providers who are in need of doses. In July, 7,000 doses were moved around the state.Nurses check on a patient in the ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., U.S., Aug. 4, 2021.
In the past week, the state saw approximately 16,000 vaccines expire, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and another 4,000 to 7,500 Moderna doses are expected to expire this week. So far, a little over 54% of the state's population has been fully vaccinated.
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