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The vaccination campaign in Germany He didn’t even have time to get started when the first problems were recorded on time.
As reported by the main press agencies and later confirmed by Stefan Kerth, district administrator of Vorpommern-Rügen (in north-eastern Germany), eight employees of a retirement house A dose of vaccine five times higher than normal would have been administered, quantifiable at 30 micrograms. In other words, the victims were injected with practically the entire contents of one of the vials in which the serum produced by Pfizer-Biontech is transported and distributed, each of which actually contains five doses.
The incident, as reported by Mirror, involved eight employees of a retirement home in Stralsund (a city in the German territory of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and happened yesterday, specifically the one dedicated throughout Europe to the first and experimental anti-Covid vaccination. 19 operated on medical and health personnel. In fact, in Germany the first inoculations took place on Saturday, December 27, but it was during the Sunday session that they were registered, as reported Acted, the first drawbacks.
The district administrator told reporters that the victims were immediately informed of the incident and received immediate medical attention. Four of them were detained at the hospital for further tests, as they complained of the onset of the flu. The four remaining employees of the nursing home, on the other hand, could have returned home from the hospital, without showing any worrisome symptoms at the moment. “I am deeply sorry for this incident.”Stefan Kerth said, assuring reporters that it would be an isolated case.
To rush to cover with complacent statements the same pharmaceutical company that produces the serum. The manufacturer Pfizer-Biontech He explained that even during the experimental phases of the vaccine (in phase 1, to be precise), an overdose of the drug had been tested in human guinea pigs, without the latter developing serious side effects. For now, given that the experimentation was forced to stop in the short-medium term, there have been temporary side effects, with flu-like symptoms of a non-serious nature. However, the Biontech spokesperson spoke of the tests performed in doses up to 100 micrograms, while the 5 contained in the bottle should reach 150 (as mentioned, the dose for an individual corresponds to 30 micrograms). In the next few days we will probably know more.
