FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan February 17, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO - More than 1,000 shots of coronavirus vaccine went to waste in Japan after storage temperatures deviated from a required range due to a freezer malfunction, the health ministry said on Monday, the country’s first such case of wasted vaccines. Japan became the last member of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations to begin its vaccination drive against COVID-19 on Feb. 17.
It has so far received three shipments of vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, comprising around 1.4 million shots.A medical institution reported that the freezer malfunction had occurred over the weekend, rendering 172 vials of the vaccine, or 1,032 doses, useless, the ministry said. It declined to identify the name of the medical institution or the manufacturer of the freezer in question, but said the freezer maker would start looking into the cause of the malfunction on Tuesday.
We must avoid such incidents in Pakistan because of lack of required storage facilities and less tech know-how. Japan may afford it but not we.
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These ‘wasted vaccine’ stories becoming exceedingly boring
This is one great drawback to taking vaccines to the people. The Cold chain was anticipated as a possible challenge and systems need to be to almost Perfect 👌 level for this to work. WHO WHOAFRO CDC_eHealth CDCgov CDCemergency JNJGlobalHealth Please take note.
Must be Made in China freezer. They could have used Made in Japan
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