Health
Japan: Syringe scarcity threatens vaccination plans – Anadolu Agency
Dearth of special syringes may leave Japan with less doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine than it bought, say officials – Anadolu Agency
ANKARA
A shortage of special syringes could hamper Japan’s plans to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its nationwide immunization drive, a top health official said on Tuesday.
Last month, Japan said it had procured doses for 72 million people based on the assumption that one vial of the vaccine will provide six shots.
However, a dearth of low “dead space” syringes, which have narrow plungers and reduce the amount of leftover vaccine, means that standard syringes – ones that will extract only five…
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