Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, which set up the vaccination site for the new coronavirus, announced that a black foreign substance was found in a syringe filled with the vaccine.
No health hazard has been confirmed so far.
Kwansei Gakuin University has set up a venue for occupational inoculation on the campus of Nishinomiya City and has been promoting the vaccination of modelna for students and faculty members, but according to the university, it was filled with the vaccine on the afternoon of the 1st. A black foreign body about 1 mm in size was found in the vaccine.
The university has stopped vaccination in the workplace for the time being, and has reported to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, which handles domestic distribution.
The lot number of the vaccine was announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on August 26, and it is different from the three numbers that are not used.
The university has been inoculating the workplace since August 23, but doctors and others have visually confirmed that there are no abnormalities four times in total, from before the vaccine in the container is filled in the syringe to inoculation. I did.
So far, no foreign matter has been reported, and no health hazard has been confirmed for more than 6,300 students, faculty and staff who received the vaccination by the 1st.