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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Health Ministry is recalling about 1. 63 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine after 39 unused vials at eight vaccination sites were found to be infected with an as-yet-unspecified substance. No protection issues were reported. All of the suspect vials were manufactured in Spain. Moderna has been most often sent to mass vaccination centers in Japan, such as universities and giant corporations, and it’s unclear to what extent the incident may delay Japan’s already delayed vaccination campaign. On Thursday, while visiting a vaccination clinic in Tokyo’s Sumida district, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told Japanese media that he had ordered health officials to “make protection our most sensible priority” in reaction to the challenge of infected vaccines. “will not have a significant impact” on the country’s vaccination program, which is particularly that of other industrialized countries.
Suga, whose popularity has taken a hit over his handling of the pandemic, is running for re-election as president of the ruling party on Sept. 29. The leader of the ruling party becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
One of Suga’s rivals, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, threw his hat into the ring on Thursday, suggesting he would take more competitive measures to fight the spread of COVID-19. As of Wednesday, according to the Prime Minister’s Office, only 42. 6% of the Japanese population is fully vaccinated. Although Japan has also approved the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, considerations about blood clot issues have delayed the latter’s rollout until this week; it is reserved for seniors aged 40 and over, as in Britain.
COVID and the Paralympics
The Tokyo Paralympics announced on Thursday, the second day of the festival, that the first player had been hospitalized with COVID since the start of the Games. The patient was described as a non-athletic stranger, with no life-threatening symptoms. Fifteen others, including two foreign competitions hosted in the Athletes’ Village, have tested positive, for a total of 184 cases related to the Paralympic Games. The new wave of COVID-19 in Japan has shaken the spirit of joyful empowerment and positivity that the Paralympic Games are seeking to convey.
Seijiro Takeshita, a teacher who lives with his family southwest of Tokyo, told CBS News that the concern among citizens is palpable: “I would say that in terms of frustration and anger and especially worry and anxiety, a fever peak is definitely being reached. “
Restrictions Extend With Hospitals Full
On Wednesday, when the Delta variant raises the number of daily cases above 25,000, the state of emergency in the Tokyo domain was extended to 21 of the country’s 47 prefectures.
Including prefectures covered by a less onerous quasi-state of emergency, nearly the entire country was back under some form of antiviral restrictions on Thursday. The number of severe cases in Japan, which now stands at 1,964, has reached new highs every day. in the last few weeks. Tragic stories of patients who can’t be admitted to hospitals mistreated and forced to stay home have become incredibly common.
Last week in Chiba, east of the capital, the health government revealed that a pregnant woman in her 30s with COVID had been unable to find a hospital bed and had given birth prematurely at home. The baby was pronounced dead a short time later.
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