Only 71.5% of the doses provided were used to vaccinate the population and some 417,000 doses of vaccines are waiting in the refrigerators.
ATu March 10, according to the public health institute Sciensano, 1.044 million doses of vaccines were administered in Belgium. And as of March 7, according to the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP), 1.461 million doses had been delivered to our country. Only 71.5% of the doses provided were therefore used to vaccinate the population and some 417,000 doses of vaccines are waiting in the fridges, announced on Saturday. La Libre Belgique.
The difference between the number of doses delivered and administered is partly justified by the need to keep a reserve to administer the second dose necessary for a complete vaccination, specifies the daily.
Given the uncertainties hanging over the deliveries of AstraZeneca and Moderna, the authorities remain cautious in the matter, according to La Libre Belgique. For the Pfizer / BioNtech vaccine, on the other hand, deliveries are more stable and the time between two doses has now been reduced to 35 days, which should make it possible to advance more quickly in the administration of the first doses.
In one week, no less than 179,188 doses were administered in our country, underlined Sciensano last Friday, according to the daily. However, according to the unofficial count (but based on official sources) carried out by covid-vaccinatie on Friday, more than 230,000 doses remained available, beyond those reserved for the administration of second doses.