By TAKUYA NISHIE/ Staff Writer
April 30, 2021 at 17:40 JST
Moderna vaccine that is currently being screened
for use against the novel coronavirus arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture from Belgium on April 30. (Jin Nishioka)
IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture--The first shipment of Moderna vaccine that is currently being screened for use in Japan arrived at Kansai International Airport here from Belgium on April 30.
The vaccine against the novel coronavirus, developed by Moderna Inc., a U.S. biotechnology firm, was loaded aboard a Japan Airlines flight from Brussels.
The cargo flight arrived at Kansai Airport at around 9 a.m. JAL-related personnel checked the temperature of the container carrying the vaccine.
Health minister Norihisa Tamura said at a news conference after the Cabinet meeting on the same day that the vaccine could be approved within May “if all conditions are cleared.”
The government is considering using the vaccine at massive vaccination centers and contracted with Modera to provide 50 million doses for 25 million people.
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