Share:Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa has announced discovering foreign materials in several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which came from different batches than the ones that are already suspended. As a result, the COVID-19 vaccination in the prefecture was suspended for the weekend. Japanese media report that the vaccines from those lots were distributed to 863 vaccination centres across the country. Earlier in the week, about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine produced in Spain were suspended in Japan after the health ministry detected alien substances in some of the vials. Two middle-aged men were reported to have died getting their shots of the Moderna vaccine from a contaminated batch.

Source: The Nation August 29, 2021 06:22 UTC