Breakdown: Children get Moderna vaccine instead of Biontech
Created: 12/19/2021, 9:18 PM
A doctor vaccinates a man against corona.
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In the vaccination center of the district of Olpe, several children received the vaccine from Moderna on Sunday - although so far only the drug from Biontech has been approved for them.
"The parents of the children concerned were immediately informed of the incident," said the district.
In a conversation with the medical management of the vaccination center, they were told that approval for children for the vaccine Moderna had been applied for from the European Medicines Agency.
Attendorn - The Moderna vaccine Spikevax has so far been approved in the EU for people aged twelve and over.
The children who received Moderna had no abnormalities when they left the vaccination center.
At the request of the parents, the incident was reported to the police.
It was noticed by the vaccinating medical assistant himself, it was said.
How many children are involved was not disclosed.
The vaccination center took the failure of the specialist staff as an opportunity to re-examine all procedures and child vaccinations.
"If further cases are found, the parents will be informed," it said.
The European Medicines Agency, EMA, gave the green light in November to approve Biontech / Pfizer's corona vaccine for children aged five and over.
It is the first corona vaccine approved in the EU for children under the age of twelve.
The children should only receive a third of the adult dose of the vaccine and two doses three weeks apart.
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The Moderna vaccine Spikevax has so far been approved in the EU for people aged twelve and over.
However, the Standing Vaccination Commission recommends that people under 30 only be vaccinated with Biontech products.
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