"At least 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines purchased by EU countries at the height of the pandemic have been thrown away, at an estimated cost to taxpayers of €4 billion, and this is almost certainly an underestimate." This is according to an analysis by Politico, which is based on "data from 19 European countries, 15 that have provided us with direct figures and four that have been reported by local media." "Some data is from this month, while the oldest is from December 2022. Germany, for example, provided Politico with data on its waste in June," reads the article published in Politico.eu.
In the analysis in which the newspaper showed that 19 EU countries have thrown away at least 215 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines, Italy ranks second, preceded only by Germany. "The number of wasted vaccines tends to match the size of the countries, with Germany having 83 million doses discarded and Luxembourg just under half a million," Politico.eu writes.
The doses thrown away in Italy, according to Politico, are just over 49.1 million, followed by the Netherlands (16.28 million), Spain (13.87 million), Romania (9.77 million) The data was collected between June and December. The figures included for Sweden, Portugal, Ireland and Spain were not collected directly but through local media, the newspaper recalls. .
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