Covid-19 roundup: Hu­man er­ror to blame for steel found in Mod­er­na vials; Flu and Covid-19 shots safe to be tak­en to­geth­er — study

A month af­ter more than 1.6 mil­lion dos­es of Mod­er­na’s Covid-19 vac­cines were sus­pend­ed due to stain­less steel found in the vials, Take­da says that hu­man er­ror was the rea­son for the con­t­a­m­i­na­tion.

A Span­ish man­u­fac­tur­er no­ticed con­t­a­m­i­na­tion in Ju­ly, Reuters re­port­ed, but sup­plies were per­mit­ted to be shipped to Japan any­way. Three batch­es were sus­pend­ed for use in Japan, and Mod­er­na col­lab­o­rat­ed with Take­da and the Span­ish man­u­fac­tur­er Rovi to in­ves­ti­gate.

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