Samsung importing 1 million syringes for Covid vaccination

New Delhi: Electronics major Samsung is importing 1 million syringes which could reduce vaccine wastage and optimises usage by 20%.

The Low Dead Space (LDS) syringes minimize the amount of drug left in the syringes after an injection, reducing vaccine wastage, and thereby enabling 20% more people to get the dose with the same amount of vaccine.

“LDS syringes, airlifted from South Korea, have been delivered to Uttar Pradesh – 325,000 each to the district administrations in Lucknow and Noida – while 350,000 LDS syringes will soon be handed over to the Greater Chennai Corporation in Tamil Nadu. These syringes will be deployed at Covid Vaccination Centres in the districts,” Samsung said in a release on Wednesday.