EXPLAINER: Japan's contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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EXPLAINER: Japan's contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplies

The first contamination was reported to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, Moderna's local distributor, on Aug. 16. That led to the discovery of 39 vials containing foreign material, all from the same lot of 57,000 vials, or about 570,000 doses.

On Sunday, a vaccination centre in Okinawa prefecture reported that contaminants were found in Moderna vials from a fourth lot, 3005293. The affected lots from Okinawa and Gunma, accounting for about 1 million doses, were temporarily suspended. Both men had a fever the day after their second dose and died two days after getting the fever. There has been no evidence that their shots contained contaminants, a health ministry official told reporters.

 

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