Berlin already threw away 54 million doses by the end of 2022 and discarded an additional 29 million doses in the first quarter of 2023. This amounted to a total of 83 million doses, though the number is likely to be higher.
The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) did not provide the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses discarded in the second quarter of 2023. It told POLITICO in an email: "Accordingly, a total volume of total disposed COVID-19 vaccine doses acquired by the Federal Republic of Germany cannot be quantified." The BMG also mentioned that private healthcare providers and state-level health authorities are not mandated to report vaccine waste...<<<Read More>>>...