After suspension of business 1.63 million doses Moderna (Ribonucleic acid) After being injected with a foreign body found in the vial, Japanese officials said that the vaccine “has no safety or other issues” because they want to continue to vaccinate citizens.
Japanese Minister of Health Tamura Norihisa said, Modern dosage According to reports, he told reporters on Tuesday that the most likely cause was the needle stuck in the vial. Reuters.
Tamura went on to say that Okinawa, Japan, stopped the dose because a foreign body might mistakenly insert the needle into the vial, causing them to break off the rubber stopper’s fragments.
He insisted that it is not uncommon for foreign substances to enter vials together with other vaccines, adding, “Whatever the reason, [for the foreign matter] We heard that there are no security or other issues,” according to Reuters.
Norihisa added: “We will continue to collect information and report.”
After reports about the presence of foreign bodies in the vials, after three batches of Moderna vaccine were stopped at 863 vaccination sites on Sunday, the news that all the doses had been eliminated was released.
Gunma and Okinawa also have Two reports of deaths After receiving Moderna Coronavirus disease vaccine That was part of the lot that was contaminated and then suspended. The cause of their death is under investigation.
“In my opinion, contamination of foreign substances is unlikely to directly cause sudden death,” said Takahiro Kinoshita, a doctor and vice chairman of Cov-Navi, a vaccine information organization. Reuters.
“If the contaminated substance is dangerous enough to cause some deaths, then more people may experience certain symptoms after vaccination. However, further investigation is definitely needed to assess the hazards of the specific dose in question,” Kinoshita added. .
According to Reuters, Japan’s National Public Safety Commission Minister Taro Kono said that as many as 500,000 people were vaccinated with the contaminated Moderna dose before Japanese health officials suspended the investigation.
Due to the high level of contagion, Japan has recently seen a surge in COVID cases. Delta variantThe country is struggling to cope with the worst wave of virus cases since the pandemic began, with an average of more than 25,000 new infections reported every day.
according to Johns Hopkins University, Japan has reported more than 1.4 million coronavirus cases and more than 16,000 COVID-19 deaths. According to the report, as many as 45% of the country has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. New York Times Vaccination Tracker.
As of pre-market trading hours on Tuesday, Moderna’s stock price was US$374.89, an increase of US$4.20 or 1.13%.
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