740,000 Moderna doses scrapped due to expiration in 27 Japan cities

About 740,000 COVID-19 booster vaccine doses made by Moderna Inc. have been discarded or are expected to be discarded in 27 major cities in Japan due to expiration, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday, as the country has struggled to offer more third shots to people.The survey, conducted from May 17 to Thursday, asked 52 major cities in Japan whether they have scrapped or plan to scrap government-provided Moderna booster doses, many of which have an expiration date between April and June.Such doses amounted to 739,085 shots in total, with the volume of wasted doses per municipality varying …READ FULL ARTICLE