In Kawasaki City, the temperature of the freezer that stores the new coronavirus vaccine rose, and the president of the manufacturer held a press conference on the 16th after apologizing for the problem that more than 6300 times were discarded. We have clarified countermeasures such as promptly replacing certain products.

Pfizer vaccines need to be stored in an ultra-low temperature freezer for long-term storage, but on the 13th of this month, the temperature of one freezer delivered to Kawasaki City temporarily rose significantly, and 6396 vaccines were discarded. it was done.



Regarding this, Takeru Sasaki, president of EBAC, which manufactured the freezer, met on the 16th and apologized, "We take this accident very seriously, thoroughly control quality, and strive to prevent recurrence."



According to the company, there was a problem with the welding work process at the overseas factory that outsources production, so of the 2156 units already delivered, 303 units that seem to have the same defect will be replaced one by one. is.



In addition, we have made it clear that we will distribute free high-performance ice packs that moderate the temperature rise in the event of a problem and a device that notifies the outside of the temperature rise by e-mail, etc., to all our customers.