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Drawn up syringes with vaccine for children (symbol picture): When leaving the vaccination center, no abnormalities were found in the children
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In the vaccination center of the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Olpe, several children were injected with the Moderna vaccine - although so far only the Biontech agent has been approved for them.
"The parents of the children concerned were immediately informed of the incident," said a statement from the district after the incident on Sunday.
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."
Younger people are at higher risk of heart muscle inflammation
The Moderna vaccine Spikevax has so far been approved in the EU for people aged twelve and over.
The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) no longer recommends the preparation for people under 30 years of age due to the increased risk of heart muscle and pericardial inflammation.
The children who received the remedy from Moderna had no abnormalities when they left the vaccination center, it said. 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 parents had been informed by the medical management of the vaccination center that approval for children had been applied for from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the Moderna vaccine.
Biontech / Pfizer's corona vaccine has been approved for children aged five and over since November.
It is the first corona vaccine intended for children under the age of twelve in the EU.
The children should only receive a third of the adult dose of the vaccine and two doses three weeks apart.
The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) in Germany recommends corona vaccination for children from the age of five with previous illnesses.
However, healthy children can also be vaccinated.
apr / dpa