A mixup in Ireland resulted in children being given an adult dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But the group of kids were fine, authorities said.
The reported mixup comes as public health authorities in the U.S. and Europe seek to boost vaccination rates of children after regulators earlier determined kids could safely get smaller doses of the inoculation.
The mistake was noticed by staff at a mass vaccination center where the children came for the second dose of Pfizer's two-shot vaccine, thereported Monday. Only one of the seven children had a mild adverse effect, the paper reports, citing regulators. Children are supposed to be given a 10-milligram dose of Pfizer's vaccine, known as Comirnaty, according to Health Service Executive's National Immunisation Office. For adults, the dose is 30 milligrams.
On Monday, health authorities in Ireland said there had been a mixup of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines doses given to children. Above, a medical worker prepares a dose at a temporary vaccination site in the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast on December 21, 2021."No suspected side effects were described as being experienced in six of the reports with one report describing fatigue for a short duration," a spokeswoman for the Health Products Regulatory Authority told breakingnews.ie.
In response to the mixup, the National Immunisation Office issued a reminder to all staff in mass vaccination centers that the 30-milligram dose has a purple cap and the 10- milligram dose has an orange cap, according to theA bulletin issued by the National Immunisation Office in January cautioned staff against confusing the two using capital letters with the text highlighted in red, according to the paper.4,000 patients they had received an insufficient dose of the vaccine.
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