On the 29th, a foreign substance was found in Pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine at the inoculation site in Yaese Town, Okinawa Prefecture, and the town stopped using the vaccine with the same lot number.
So far, no information on health hazards has been received.
According to Yaese Town, the foreign body was found in Pfizer's vaccine, which he noticed while working to separate the bottle into six syringes.
The town stopped using the vaccine with the same lot number, including the one in the syringe when the foreign body was found, and resumed vaccination with a different lot number of vaccine.
So far, no information on health hazards has been received from 304 people vaccinated with the same lot number as the foreign body was found.
According to the town, Pfizer's Japanese subsidiary explained that most of the foreign matter was mixed by scraping the rubber stopper of the bottle with an injection needle, so the town sent the bottle in which the foreign matter was found and detailed it. Checking it up.