菅首相、異物混入「安全最優先」を指示　接種会場の公表検討、計画影響なし

　菅義偉首相は２６日、米モデルナ製の新型コロナウイルスワクチンの一部に異物が混入していた問題を受け、厚生労働省に「とにかく安全を最優先に、現状分析しながら対応するように」と指示したことを明らかにした。東京都内で記者団に語った。一部は既に使用済みのため、政府は接種会場の公表も検討する。
　首相はまた、今後の接種計画に関し、「大きな影響を与えるものではないとの報告を受けている」と述べた。
　異物混入が確認されたのは東京、埼玉、茨城、愛知、岐阜の５都県の計８会場。同じ工程で製造された約１６３万回分について、政府は使用中止を決めたが、これまでに全国８６３会場に配送された。（2021/08/26-18:17）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that he has instructed the health ministry to give top priority to safety following reports of contamination of some vials of U.S. biotechnology company Moderna Inc.'s novel coronavirus vaccine.
   "I've received a report that the contamination will not have a large impact on the COVID-19 vaccination program," Suga told reporters.
   The government is considering disclosing the names of vaccination venues where the vials with contamination fears have been used, as it would be difficult to make contact individually with people who were inoculated against the coronavirus at those places, according to a senior government official.
   The contaminated vials, which were not used for anyone, were found at a total of eight venues in Tokyo and Saitama, Ibaraki, Aichi and Gifu prefectures.
   The government has decided to suspend the use of some 1.63 million doses of the Moderna vaccine that were manufactured at same production line. The doses were shipped to 863 vaccination venues across the country.