Breakdown in the vaccination center: children are not given an approved vaccine
Created: 12/19/2021, 10:09 PM
From: Erik Scharf
In a vaccination center in the Olpe district (North Rhine-Westphalia), several children were given the wrong corona vaccine.
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In the Corona vaccination center in Olpe (North Rhine-Westphalia), several children are given the wrong vaccine.
The parents of the children concerned report the matter.
Attendorn - A major mistake happened on Sunday (December 19, 2021) in the Corona * vaccination center of the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia when vaccinating children.
As the district informs the dpa, several children have received the vaccine from Moderna * injected - 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 the European Medicines Agency had applied for approval for the Moderna vaccine for children.
Breakdown in Corona vaccination center: Parents report the incident
According to the dpa, no abnormalities were found in the affected children when they left the vaccination center.
At the request of the parents, the incident was reported to the police.
He was noticed by the vaccinating medical assistant in the Corona vaccination center in the Olpe district, as it was said.
How many children are involved was not disclosed.
Corona vaccination for children and adolescents
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. Children should only receive a third of the adult dose of the vaccine and two doses three weeks apart. 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.
The Corona vaccination center in the Olpe district took the mistakes made by the specialist staff as an opportunity to recheck all processes and child vaccinations.
"If further cases are found, the parents will be informed," it said.
(esa / dpa)
