Regarding the freezer that stores the vaccine for the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has asked local governments to retroactively check the storage temperature, saying that the temperature of some products may rise sharply.

Regarding the freezer that stores Pfizer's vaccine, Kawasaki City has announced that it will dispose of more than 6,300 doses on the 13th, assuming that the storage temperature had risen from 8 to 9 degrees Celsius at one point.



The "EBAC" in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, which was manufactured, is proceeding with the voluntary recovery of the freezer manufactured in the same process because the temperature may rise suddenly due to manufacturing defects.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, of the freezers purchased by the national government and deployed in local governments, a total of 294 units have been collected in 25 prefectures such as Osaka and Hyogo prefectures.



Since the freezer has a function that allows you to check the storage temperature retroactively, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will check with the local government for any sudden temperature rise, and even after replacing it with a new product, the temperature will continue to rise. We are requesting you to check the transition of.



So far, local governments other than Kawasaki City have reported that the temperature has risen, but the vaccine has not been disposed of.



EBAC commented, "I'm sorry that some vaccines have been discarded. I want to thoroughly control quality so that the same problem will not occur again."

Freezer deployment destination to be collected

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, among the freezers deployed in local


governments

,

▼ Osaka prefecture has 44 units,


▼ Aichi prefecture has 30 units,


▼ Hyogo prefecture has 24 units, and


▼ Kumamoto prefecture has 21

units.

Units,


▼ Fukuoka prefecture 16 units,


▼ Kyoto prefecture and Wakayama prefecture, and Okayama prefecture 15 units,


▼ Shiga prefecture 14 units,


▼ Hiroshima prefecture 12 units,


▼ Kagoshima prefecture 11 units,


▼ Ehime prefecture and Oita prefecture 10 units,


▼ Nagasaki prefecture 8 units,


▼ Nara prefecture and Tottori prefecture 7 units,


▼ Shimane prefecture and Saga prefecture 6 units,


▼ Kochi prefecture and Yamaguchi prefecture 5 units,


▼ Toyama prefecture and Mie prefecture 4 units ,


▼ Kagawa prefecture has 3 units,


▼ Shizuoka prefecture and Tokushima prefecture have 1 unit each.