The aftermath of the accident of mixing two Corona vaccines at a production facility in the United States

The “New York Times” newspaper reported that the US administration had decided to convert a plant in Baltimore to exclusively produce the “Johnson & Johnson” corona virus vaccine and to stop production of the “AstraZeneca” vaccine.

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This step comes after the recent detection of the destruction of approximately 15 million doses of the vaccine anti-corona virus “Johnson & Johnson” in the plant managed by Emergent BioSolutions, following an accidental mixing with the components of the vaccine “AstraZeneca” , which are two different vaccines.

The newspaper cited senior health officials as saying the government’s move is aimed at preventing similar incidents from happening in the future, amid fears they could erode public confidence in vaccines. , at a time when the administration of President Joe Biden is seeking to obtain sufficient doses of vaccine to immunize all American adults by the end of next May.

Johnson & Johnson confirmed the changes, noting that it was “fully responsible” for the vaccine produced by Emergent BioSolutions at the Baltimore plant.

For its part, the company “AstraZeneca” said in a statement that it will work with the Biden administration to find an alternative site to manufacture its vaccine.

So far, the United States has approved the use of three anti-Corona vaccines, namely “Pfizer-Biontec”, “Moderna” and “Johnson & Johnson”, and reports indicate that the manufacture of vaccines “Pfizer “And” Moderna “is going as planned.

The leading infectious disease specialist in the United States, Anthony Fauci, said he saw no need to use the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country, even if it was approved by the drug regulatory authority.

Source: “The New York Times”

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