2 individuals given undiluted Covid-19 vaccine at Hougang clinic, 1 discharged after hospitalisation

SINGAPORE – Two adults have been every given a full vial of the undiluted Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Hougang on Sept 15.

Responding to queries, the Ministry of Well being (MOH) mentioned on Tuesday that certainly one of them was hospitalised after experiencing a headache and an elevated coronary heart fee, and has since been discharged.

The opposite affected person didn’t report any opposed response.

The MOH mentioned it was alerted to the incident on Sept 19 and that each people got the vaccine at ProHealth Medical Group @ Hougang.

Every full vial of the undiluted vaccine comprises 5 doses’ value.

Stated the Well being Ministry: “MOH takes a severe view of this incident and is finishing up a radical investigation.

“The clinic and physician who administered the vaccine have been suspended from the Nationwide Vaccination Programme till additional discover.”

The Straits Instances has requested MOH when the hospitalised affected person was discharged, and what members of the general public ought to do if they believe they’ve been given an undiluted dose of the vaccine.

There have been earlier incidents of the flawed Covid-19 vaccine dosage being administered to sufferers.

A employees member on the Singapore Nationwide Eye Centre was given five doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a single injection on Jan 14 final 12 months.

The centre mentioned later that the error arose from human error after a lapse in communication amongst members of the vaccination crew.

It mentioned the employee in control of diluting the vaccine had been referred to as away to take care of different issues earlier than it was finished.

A second employees member had then mistakenly thought the undiluted dose within the vial was able to be administered.

The error was found inside minutes of the vaccination.

In one other incident, 117 sufferers and employees at Bukit Merah Polyclinic were given around one-tenth the recommended dose between Oct 20 and Oct 22 final 12 months, requiring substitute doses.

On this case, the error was reportedly the results of a mistake in figuring out markings on new syringes.