VACCINATION
Hundreds of doses of AstraZeneca land in trash every day in Sweden
19 de April de 2021 (21:59 h.)
Some patients cancel their appointments when they find out that they are due to receive the British-Swedish shot.
Hundreds of doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine are thrown away every day in Stockholm because people refuse to take that shot, a head physician in Sweden told broadcaster SVT on Monday.
Johan Styrud of the Stockholm medical association said it was not possible to find enough vaccine volunteers quickly enough and if the shot was not administered within a few hours, it had to be thrown away.
After a small number of people suffered from blot clots after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, its use has been limited to people above 65 in Sweden.
According to the SVT report, some patients cancel their appointments when they find out that they are due to receive the British-Swedish shot.
Styrud said the benefits of the vaccine in fighting the pandemic are much greater than the risks, and urged people to take it.