A citizen is receiving AstraZeneca vaccine at a consignment medical institution in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 12th, when the second dose of about 8.2 million people, including the elderly aged 60 to 74 years old, workers in vulnerable facilities, flight attendants, and essential social workers, started. news
At a medical institution in Cheongju, the health authorities launched an investigation after it was confirmed that the Pfizer vaccine was over-administered to 10 people. Those 10 people have been confirmed to be in a state of no major abnormalities so far.
According to North Chungcheong Province on the 14th, on the 12th and 13th, a private medical institution in Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, mistakenly administered the Pfizer vaccine to all 10 residents 5 or 6 times the dose. For Pfizer vaccine, 1 vial (bottle) should be divided into 5 or 6 people, but the medical institution injected all 1 vial to one person.
It was confirmed that the medical institution that confirmed the accident late reported this fact to the quarantine authorities and contacted the inoculated people. The Cheongwon-gu Public Health Center will monitor the 10 patients who have returned home for adverse reactions 7 days after the inoculation, and report the results and follow-up measures to the relevant medical institutions to the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon).
On the same day, Bang Dae-bon said, “There are a total of 15 cases of inoculation with one vial, including 10 cases of Cheongju, and there are no reports of unusual events such as adverse reactions after 7 days of inoculation.”
Cheongju = Handeok-dong reporter ddhan@hankookilbo.com
Eunseo Choi reporter silver@hankookilbo.com
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