In some areas, a tiny black substance was found in a Moderna vaccine vial, while in others, black and pink substances were spotted in syringes and vials.
Over 2.6 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have been suspended in Japan as of Sunday, following reports that two people died after some vials were found to be contaminated with foreign substances.
The health ministry said some of the affected vaccines may have been due to pieces of the vial's rubber stopper breaking off and contaminating the doses. On Monday, the ministry said that the suspension was made out of caution and that no safety issues have yet been reported, according to Reuters. "The risk that the foreign material causes some kind of a disease at the spot where it was injected or that it circulates in the body's blood and causes a disease after an intramuscular injection through a 0.25-millimeter needle would be extremely unlikely," infectious disease expert Dr. Takeshi Terashima told Japan's TBS News.
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