Uganda, April 14 -- More than 10 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines frantically purchased at the height of the pandemic expired last December, costing the country billions of shillings.

This is an increase from the 5.6 million doses valued at Shs28.159b that had expired by June 2023, as reported by Auditor General (AG) John Muwanga in his report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/2023.

Dr Charles Ayume, the chairperson of Parliament Committee on Health, while tabling the Ministerial Policy Statement for the sector on the floor of Parliament on Friday, revealed that the doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine expired because few people were taking the jab, either for the first time or as booster doses. Sunday Monitor could not confirm the numb...