Source: Overseas Network
Overseas Network May 13 According to Japan's "Kyoto News" report on the 13th, the Kyoto Municipal Government of Japan said on the 12th that due to the progress of the third dose of new crown vaccine vaccination, and the public's demand for other vaccines is higher, the city expects that 80,000 doses of Moderna vaccine will be abandoned due to expiration in late May.
Kyoto Municipal Government revealed that as of May 8, there were about 1.07 million people who received the third dose of the new crown vaccine. Including the first and second doses of vaccines, there are 1.12 million doses of the new crown vaccine in the city (700,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine and 420,000 doses of Moderna vaccine). However, judging from the number of vaccinated people, as of May 10, the third dose vaccination rate was only 54.89%. At the same time, since most citizens choose the Pfizer vaccine, a large amount of Moderna vaccine remains. A total of 315,000 doses of Moderna vaccine are expected to expire on May 20 and 25, of which about 80,000 doses will be discarded due to expiration. The Kyoto Vaccination Countermeasures Office pointed out that the same situation may be the abandonment of Moderna vaccine in other parts of Japan. (Overseas Network/Wang Shanning Internship Compilation/Chen Liuqi)