Wrong Injection Of COVID-19 Vaccine, 54-Year-Old Grandfather Is Hospitalization For Observation

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JAKARTA - The incident of wrongly injecting the vaccine occurred, when a man who was supposed to receive the herpes vaccine, instead received the COVID-19 vaccine and had experienced side effects.

The incident happened in Sejong City, South Korea, when a 54-year-old man visited a local hospital on May 4. Initially, he wanted to receive the shingles vaccine

Visiting Koreatimes, Tuesday, May 11, somehow initially, instead of receiving the herpes vaccine, the grandfather instead received a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine which is intended for the elderly in South Korea, in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic.

After receiving the injection, the man experienced muscle pain, one of the side effects found in people receiving an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Realizing that there had been an administrative error, the hospital asked the grandfather to be hospitalized, to close observation and monitoring. Luckily, the grandfather did not experience any other symptoms.

Local authorities who examined the incident found the hospital failed to confirm the prescription and checked it with patients before administering the vaccine.

Despite the mistake, the hospital will not be penalized whatsoever, as the man did not suffer any further ill effects from the medical malpractice, according to the local government.

"There is no legal basis to take action against hospitals at this time", a local government official said.

However, the local government ordered the hospital to temporarily suspend the COVID-19 vaccination. The local government is also conducting a review of whether the hospital will be removed from the list of medical institutions that provide COVID-19 vaccine injections on behalf of the government.