Original title: thousands of doses of new crown vaccine in a Japanese city were scrapped due to staff errors, and the mayor publicly apologized
On the 11th local time, Daxian City, Akita Prefecture, Japan announced that 1128 doses of Pfizer vaccine could not be used because government staff forgot to put the vaccine back in the refrigerator in time due to misoperation. According to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 11th, the location of the incident was a Xinguan vaccination site in Daxian City, Akita county. On the afternoon of the 10th, a government employee took 1128 doses of vaccine out of the refrigerator while preparing for the vaccination on the 11th, but then forgot to put it back in the refrigerator. On the afternoon of the 11th, another staff member found the vaccine that was placed above the refrigerator and could not be used. On the 11th, the mayor of Daxian City, Lao Songbo, made a public apology and said that he would thoroughly check the relevant systems to prevent similar incidents from happening again.