Israel disposes of about 80 thousand doses of Pfizer

Israel intends to dispose of about 80,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines expired at midnight on August 1.

According to Ukrinform, The Times Of Israel reports..

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines cost $ 1.8 million.

Israel has not previously dumped such a large amount of vaccines during a pandemic, according to sources that said Pfizer refused to extend the expiration date..

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Doses expire one day after Israel began vaccinating people over 60 years of age with a third dose of vaccine amid renewed infections.

As the newspaper reminds, in early July, Israel sent South Korea about 700 thousand doses of vaccine, which expired.. Seoul to ship fresh vaccines later this year as part of the deal.