Gel-like substance found in 110 bottles of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine

[webfact]

 

As many as 110 bottles of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have been found to contain a lump of transparent gel, which did not go away after being shaken. It is believed to be caused by the vaccine being stored at an inappropriate temperature, according to Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA).

 

The bottles in question were found at some vaccination sites and have been returned to the TFDA, which has called for the suspension of the administration of any bottles of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine which are found to contain lumps and notification of such discoveries.

 

The TFDA has sent a letter, dated yesterday (Monday), informing all provincial health offices and hospitals across the country, administering Sinovac vaccine, to beware of the C202105079 batch, produced on May 10th and which expires on November 9th, and that it may contain a gel-like substance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/gel-like-substance-found-in-110-bottles-of-sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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[canopus1969]

555 Sinovac keeps giving....

[mtls2005]

Jello Shots for everyone.

 

 

[NCC1701A]

this batch was probably produced before the virus was released. 

 

it's just old stock. 

[DrJack54]

Just as they were ramping it up with dodgy reports of greater immunity.

Whoops.

[jacko45k]

Oh dear... excrement.

Another damned crop failure.

[NanLaew]

The Chinese vaccines don't need the sub-arctic controlled temperature chain of the other, more desirable but totally unobtainable vaccines.

[OneMoreFarang]

That lot was used in vaccination of VIPs last week.

No, I won't publish any details why I know that.

[beano2274]

how many bottles are in the batch?

What if all are Jelly?

[Pottinger]

Stored at inappropriate temperatures? Or Chinese expectoration?

[Thomas J]

Well Sinovac got the empty bottles cheap from an artificial insemination center in Beijing. 

[smedly]

Jesus Christ 

 

if that got injected into the bloodstream it would very likely act like a clot

 

 

[RotBenz8888]

The jelly is added for the Asian market. 

[smedly]

The (p)lot thickens lol

[Susco]

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

It is believed to be caused by the vaccine being stored at an inappropriate temperature, according to Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA).

 

So how many of the vaccines have in reality been stored at an inappropriate temperature, and rendered useless, that didn't turn into gel yet.

 

Very unlikely that it were just 100 vials, but more likely a complete delivery

[grumbleweed]

Either the Chinese vaccine was substandard, or Thai health officials don't know what a thermometer is.

 

As the Thais are going to be afraid of pointing the finger at their friends, and no boffin is going to hold their hand up, the cleaners and receptionists better get ready to accept the blame

[Bluespunk]

44 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

555 Sinovac keeps giving....

Not the sinovac's fault in this case, most [if not all] of the available vaccines need to be stored at precise temperatures.

 

Things will go wrong with them all if this is not done-at least here there is a visual clue all is not well in this regard.

Edited June 29, 2021 by Bluespunk

[Rimmer]

An off topic troll post has been removed

[BangkokReady]

And I thought Sinovac was one of the easier ones to store!

 

How are they going to get on with Pfizer and the like?

[RotBenz8888]

15 minutes ago, grumbleweed said:

don't know what a thermometer is.

They don't know what a real thermometer is. 

[Susco]

15 minutes ago, grumbleweed said:

Either the Chinese vaccine was substandard, or Thai health officials don't know what a thermometer is

 

Go to any supermarket in Thailand, and you will often notice complete pallets of frozen food stored in front of the freezers, until they are completely tawed, before they get loaded in the freezer.

 

That is what you see, what you don't see is how many times the same food as been tawed between the factory where they were produced and the freezer in your supermarket.

 

Why you think it is different in this case?

[Nojohndoe]

Is it an optical illusion that the top of the vial in the focused segment of the picture looks a bit skewed and the top of the contents is sitting at an angle ? Or is that the jelly blob?

Whatever is the situation it is sad that such a presentation to accompany the news is going to promote more fear and distrust .

[wensiensheng]

24 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Not the sinovac's fault in this case, most [if not all] of the available vaccines need to be stored at precise temperatures.

 

Things will go wrong with them all if this is not done-at least here there is a visual clue all is not well in this regard.

That’s my concern.

 

it’s not a vaccine issue, it’s a delivery issue. And if it can happen to sinovac, it can happen to AZ. All of which is very worrying when it’s due to negligence from the worlds 5th best rated healthcare system……allegedly.

 

seriously, this worries me more than all the theoretical talk of vaccine efficacy against this or that strain. A straight forward bungling at point of delivery is far more close to home.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It is believed to be caused by the vaccine being stored at an inappropriate temperature, according to Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration

It is believed?

 

How do they know its because of inappropriate temperature storing, it could just as well be poor manufacture in China. 

[mommysboy]

mRNA vaccines are the most likely to spoil, but even conventional vaccines need to be stored properly.

[jacko45k]

21 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

And if it can happen to sinovac, it can happen to AZ.

Ah but it did not....between Sinovac and locally produced AZ, which might be more likely to be spoke ill of, just say, to explain failures of vaccine supply, or progress in getting inoculations done?

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

As many as 110 bottles of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have been found to contain a lump of transparent gel,

This will not help the reputation of this brand. But I expect it will bounce back.

[club]

Might just be the batch they donated to Thailand. 

[klauskunkel]

and the next news will be vaccine producers changing the vials from transparent to opaque

[condobrit001]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

Jesus Christ 

 

if that got injected into the bloodstream it would very likely act like a clot

 

 

These vaccines are administered intermusculary, not intervenously, so it would not enter the bloodstream directly, and would not present the problem you describe.