Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials.
Japan's vaccination programme started slowly but has picked up speed in recent months.TOKYO - Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said.
"Upon consultation with the health ministry, we have decided to suspend the use of the vaccine" from three whole batches from Thursday, it added. Contaminants were seen inside vials from one of the three batches, but officials suspended the use of vials from the two others as a precaution, said top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato.
The defence ministry said doses from a suspended batch had been administered between August 6-20 at its mass vaccination centre in the western city of Osaka.
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