1.63 million doses in total Modern vaccine After worrying about possible contamination, Japanese officials suspended the use.
According to reports by medical staff at eight vaccination sites in Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Gifu and Aichi prefectures, as many as 39 reports of foreign bodies appearing to float in vaccine bottles. Xu Tian News.
The substance is described as tiny particles of a few millimeters in size, but it is not clear what these particles are made of at the time of writing. Business insider Said.
Moderna told Reuters It “confirmed that it had been informed of the particulate matter found in its drug vial COVID-19 vaccineThe company is investigating these reports and continues to work with its partner Takeda (Pharmaceuticals) and regulatory agencies to work quickly to resolve this issue. “
According to Kyoda News, as many as 180,000 possible contaminated doses had been vaccinated before the suspension of the vaccine began. No adverse effects of vaccination were reported, NPR Said.
The vaccine doses belong to batch numbers 3004667, 3004734 and 3004956, produced by three batches of vaccines produced in Spain. Japan Times.
According to NPR, Japanese health officials stated that as a safety precaution, they temporarily stopped using 1.63 million doses of COVID vaccine and requested Moderna to conduct an urgent investigation.
Moderna told Reuters that the pollution may be the result of manufacturing problems in a production line at its Spanish contract manufacturing base.
The company also told the news media that the suspended batches are only for distribution in Japan.
Japan is administering Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines.
According to the Reuters Vaccine Tracking Agency, 43% of Japan’s 126 million citizens have been fully vaccinated against the virus. Reuters said that due to the suspension of Moderna’s dose, all vaccinations in the country were stopped on Thursday.
The country is currently infected with an average of more than 25,000 cases of COVID-19 every day. As of Wednesday to September 12, 21 counties are in a state of emergency, compared with 13 counties before.
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