STOP ILLEGAL VACCINE IMPORTS BY Prisca LuminguThe Ministry of Health has warned against any unauthorized importation of vaccines into the country as this contravenes the medicines and allied substance Act no 3 of 2013.And the Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring transparency and accountability in the acquisition, receipt and distribution of quality, safe and effective covid19 vaccines.This follows the inception and destruction of 10,000 doses of unauthorised Covid-19 vaccines named Hayat-Vax valued at $150,000 which were imported on 2nd July 2021 by Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment and seized by ZAMRA.THE characterisation as fake and subsequent destruction of 10, 000 doses of the Hayat Vax SARS-COV-2 Vaccine has shocked Chrismar Earth moving proprietor Valden Findlay who imported the consignment.The Zambia Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) intercepted the consignment at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) after it was alleged that they were fake.Mr Findlay explained that the doses were a donation from the people of the United Arab […]
STOP ILLEGAL VACCINE IMPORTS
