About a week ago reports out of Japan claimed that more than 1.6 million vials of Moderna’s covid injection had been contaminated with a particulate substance, thought to be stainless steel. Since that report, three people who received injections from the suspended batches have died.
References
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-26/japan-moderna-covid-vaccine-contamination/100410696
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/07/third-person-dies-in-japan-after-taking-contaminated-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine
- https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japan-finds-stainless-steel-particles-suspended-doses-moderna-vaccine-2021-09-01/