
Two Dead After Receiving Contaminated Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines & Japan Pulls Another 1-Million Doses From Circulation
After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from a batch of Moderna vaccines that were suspected to have contaminants, two people in Japan died. Meanwhile, another one million doses have been temporarily suspended in Japan.
After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from a batch of Moderna vaccines that were
To date, there is no causal link between the vaccine and deaths, according to the same article in CNN. The individuals were men, ages 30 and 38,
In response to these deaths and the discovery of foreign substances in additional batches of the COVID-19 vaccine, another one million doses have been temporarily suspended in Japan,
In the Gunma prefecture near Tokyo, a tiny black substance was found in a Moderna vaccine vial while black and pink substances were found in vials in Okinawa. Some instances of vial contaminants were suspected to be a result of needles being incorrectly inserted into vials,
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