Fubitai Vaccine｜The second batch of only 300,000 doses arrives in Hong Kong, pharmacists expect that Fosun refrigerators will be "full"

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Written by: Li Enci and Zheng Cuibi

2021-04-01 23:46

Last update date: 2021-04-01 23:48

The bottle covers of two batches of Fubitai vaccine in Hong Kong have defects. The government has suspended appointments and vaccination of the vaccine earlier.

The government announced on Thursday (April 1) that it will resume the vaccination program of Forbitux next Monday (5th), but only the third batch of 300,000 doses of vaccine that arrives in Hong Kong on Friday (2nd) can be used. 150,000 people were vaccinated.

Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Hospital Pharmacists, said that he believes that the inbound vaccine dose is small because the refrigerator at Fosun's warehouse in Kwai Chung will be full.

He suggested that Fosun buy new refrigerators, and the pharmaceutical company BioNTech should ship defective batches of vaccines back to Germany, so that local warehouses can free up storage space to accommodate more new batches of vaccines.

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Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

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300,000 doses of vaccine can cope with up to two weeks of vaccination

Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Hospital Pharmacists, said that it is believed that the third batch of Fubitai vaccine will only have 300,000 doses because the refrigerator at Fosun's warehouse in Kwai Chung is about to be full and cannot accommodate more vaccines.

He anticipated that 300,000 doses would only be enough to cover one or two weeks of vaccination, and urged Fosun to purchase new refrigerators.

The 210102 and 210104 batches of vaccines with defective packaging involved a total of approximately 1.3 million doses.

Cui Junming pointed out that since the pharmaceutical factory requests to keep the vaccines sealed, and the pharmaceutical factory BioNTech claims that the batches of vaccines involved are safe and effective, the pharmaceutical factory should transport these vaccines back to Germany for local or other people to vaccinate to free up storage space in the local warehouse. To accommodate more new batches of vaccines.

He continued that the packaging issue should be borne by the pharmaceutical company, and suggested that the pharmaceutical company should be responsible for all the transportation costs, including transportation and dry ice costs.

▼From April 1st, arrangements for epidemic prevention measures and discussions on travel bubbles ▼

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If the final investigation report proves that the two batches of vaccines are safe, does the removal of the vaccines affect the vaccination plan more?

Cui Junming said that unless the report can be issued within 3 days, Hong Kong will only be limited by the storage capacity problem and limit the vaccination progress. "It can only ship 300,000 doses each time, squeezed toothpaste." He also believes that it will be shipped. The arrival of new vaccines in Hong Kong can also enhance citizens' confidence in vaccination.

A reporter asked questions at the press conference in the afternoon about the capacity of the storage warehouse and whether it will be full. The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, responded at the time that the central storage warehouse has enough space to store the two batches of vaccines and 300,000 doses of vaccines newly arrived in Hong Kong. , The government will pay attention to the usage situation and coordinate relevant arrangements with suppliers and logistics providers to ensure that Fubitai vaccine can be stored in an environment of minus 70 degrees Celsius.

The reporter is also checking with the Civil Service Bureau whether the storage warehouse is full.

▼On March 22, Chief Executive Carrie Lam led the Secretary to receive the second dose of Kexing vaccine▼

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