China News Service, September 2-According to Kyodo News Agency, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued a report on the 1st regarding the discovery and suspension of use of the new crown vaccine bottle produced in Modena in the United States. It turned out that the foreign body was stainless steel, which was said to be fragments of production equipment.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, foreign matter may have been mixed in because of a problem with the metal parts installed on the production line.
Related parties also said that stainless steel is used for artificial heart valves and other items, even if it enters the body, the possibility of increased medical risks is small.
In addition, regarding the death of two men after being vaccinated with the vaccine that was the subject of the suspension, Takeda Pharmaceuticals stated that it had not confirmed the causal relationship with the vaccination. "At present, it can be considered as an accidental case."
Regarding the Modena vaccine, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare stated on August 26 that at 8 vaccination venues in 5 prefectures, a total of 39 unused bottles were found to contain foreign objects.
They are all produced in the same batch at the factory in Spain.