Regarding the new Coronavirus vaccine from Moderna, which was approved last month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed that 17 people vaccinated in the country had severe symptoms with suspected side reactions.
Anaphylaxis has not been confirmed, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has stated that there are no significant concerns regarding the progress of vaccination at this time.
This was reported by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare at an expert group meeting held on the 9th.
According to the report, 90,241 people were vaccinated with Moderna from the 24th to the 30th of last month, of which 17 men and women between the ages of 49 and 96 were seriously ill with suspected side reactions. Was confirmed, it means that there was a report from the medical institution.
Symptoms such as rash, palpitation, and dizziness were observed on the day of inoculation, about 1 in 5300 inoculations.
There were no reports of anaphylaxis.
On the other hand, with Pfizer's vaccine, of the approximately 13.06 million vaccinations given by the 30th of last month, 169 cases of anaphylaxis-corresponding symptoms were reported in the international evaluation index, or approximately 77,300. It was one case.
Of these, 139 men and women between the ages of 25 and 102 died, but the causal relationship with vaccination could not be evaluated due to lack of information.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to continue vaccination with both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, saying that there are no serious concerns affecting the vaccination system at this time.