Swedish health agency investigates after 1,000 people received Moderna vaccine kept too low – RT World News



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About 1,000 Swedes received Moderna Covid-19 injections that were too cold during transport, the delivery company Apoteket AB said on Friday.

A total of 2,100 doses of the U.S.-made vaccine that were kept too cold during transport were delivered to regions of Gävleborg, Halland, Värmland, Dalarna and Östergötland, a government spokesperson said.

The Swedish Public Health Agency has said there is no risk to people receiving the Moderna vaccine, but it has halted the rollout and is investigating whether keeping doses too cold may affect the vaccine efficacy.

“We apologize for what happened and consider it an accident,” said Gävleborg region deputy health chief Tina Mansson Söderlund, who has also vowed to investigate the incident.



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“The worst that can happen is that the vaccine is ineffective, and then we will offer new vaccinations”, she added.

Senior government epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper that an initial assessment of the situation was that those who received the affected doses are not at risk.

“Unfortunately, the supplier made a mistake and delivered the vaccine far too cold, that is to say at the same level as it would have done with the Pfizer vaccine”, he explained. “The modern vaccine is not meant to be moved so cold.”

In some areas all delivered Moderna vaccine doses have been administered, while some areas have not yet used up all their doses and are now stocking their vaccines, pending investigation.



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Moderna vaccine can be stored at -20 ° C for six months, but is believed to be stable for 30 days at 2-8 degrees, while Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine should be stored at a cooler temperature from -70 ° C.

As of January 17, around 146,000 people had been vaccinated in Sweden, most of whom had received the Pfizer vaccine.

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