Health
Japan to waste millions of doses of Pfizer vaccine because of syringe mixup – The Independent
A shortage in specialist syringes will see millions of doses discarded
A shortage of specialist syringes in Japan means millions of people will not receive the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine.
Standard syringes cannot extract the sixth and final dose from each vial manufactured by the US drugmaker. Without the specialist syringes, the final dose will be discarded.
Japan has secured 144 million shots of the Pfizer vaccine, enough for 72 million people, however, a shortage of specialist dead space syringes that can collect the sixth dose means 12 million people will be unable…
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