Vaccine manufacturer Pfizer comes with a reassuring message to the 106 people who took a vaccine where the manufacturer's expiration date has passed by six days, something that VLT was the first to report.
Pfizer has conducted stability surveys and assesses that they should maintain the same quality.
The message was expected but long-awaited, says Mikael Sars, vaccine coordinator at Region Västmanland.
- It's a bad thing, but we were not worried.
Manufacturers have a wide margin on the best before date.
But now we have received it in writing that it is ok and it was nice, he says to SVT.
Investigation is in place
An investigation or an analysis of events runs in parallel to find out how it could have happened.
Now it remains to inform the 106 who have taken the vaccine.
- Now they will receive a letter with this positive message, says Mikael Sars.
"Crazy not to get vaccinated"
Can what happened affect the willingness to get vaccinated?
- It's crazy not to get vaccinated.
We have an increase in seriously ill again and we had four admitted to IVA this morning with confirmed covid-19, all unvaccinated.