Czechia’s expenses on Covid vaccines reach CZK 19 billion

Vaccines for covid-19 have cost Czechia CZK 19 billion so far, the Czech News Agency reported on Friday, quoting Kateřina Baťhová, who was in charge of vaccine procurement for the Ministry of Health. Of that total, vaccines donated to other countries made up 270 million crowns, while 190 million crowns was spent on vaccines that ended up being disposed of due to passing their expiration date. Vaccine deliveries planned for the summer have been postponed until autumn, when more interest is expected and new types will be available.

One of the goals of the Czech EU Council Presidency is to negotiate with vaccine manufacturers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna on new contracts that would make available the most modern vaccines adapted to the current variant of the virus and would better correspond to the seasonal development of the disease.