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The error was evident when reviewing one of the boxes in which the doses were delivered. As the cold chain was broken, they can no longer be used. On the other hand, the District reported that the application of the second batch of Pfizer vaccines that was delivered to Bogotá has finished.
Factory errors found the Ministry of Health in 372 vaccines that were delivered to the city. When they removed the dials or flasks from the cold chain, to carry out the review, they showed that they were not properly labeled so they had to leave them in quarantine, but their use was finally ruled out.
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“Actually it is a factory problem and we suppose that they will be replaced in Colombia, they can no longer be used because we already take them from minus 70 degrees and they are outside the cold chain, in no case can they be used,” he said. the Secretary of Health, Alejandro Gómez.
The 372 doses were part of the second batch of Pfizer that were delivered to Bogotá last week, to immunize health and support personnel who are part of the first line. Along with these vaccines, another 18 were left in quarantine because they presented microparticles.
Vaccines without a label could not be given because at the time of vaccination, the procedure requires that the patient be shown the vial so that they know the type of vaccine, the lot, and the expiration date. “We give you all the information and without that we cannot apply it. It is left and we inform the Ministry that it not only files the complaint with Invima but with Pfizer ”, said Gómez.
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According to the secretary, despite the fact that the vaccines cannot be used, it was possible to cover all the planned hospitals and it was also possible to start the vaccination at the Cobos Clinic, “because we had more vaccines at the end of the day and we could apply at the end of the day ”.
In addition to this, Gómez reported that the application of the second batch of Pfizer with 15,828 doses used had already been completed, as well as this Wednesday, March 3, 3,458 doses were used to immunize first-line health personnel and 99 in adults over 80 years.
