Health authorities in Guatemala say over a million doses of the Russian Sputnik coronavirus vaccine have expired, because nobody wanted to take the shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Francisco Coma, the country’s health minister, said Monday that there was a rejection among the population toward the vaccine, even though a lot of Guatemalans remain unvaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only about 43% of the country’s 12.6 million inhabitants over age 11 are fully vaccinated, in a country whose total population is 17 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was unclear if people had any particular doubts about the Russian vaccine, or if they were unwilling to take any vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have tried to make available all the vaccines of different brands, to the public,” Coma said. Unfortunately, there has been a rejection among the public to vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wasted shots cost the government about 11 million, Coma said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An additional 1.7 million doses of the second Sputnik dose, which is different from the first, will expire in March.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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