Administering AZ Vaccine to Middle School Student Visiting for General Medical Consultation

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] An absurd incident occurred where a middle school student was administered the AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine with a prescription for muscle pain.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City quarantine authorities on the 31st, at around 10:05 PM on the 28th, student A visited a hospital in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu for muscle pain treatment.

After finishing an orthopedic consultation, he headed straight to the injection room with the prescription. Soon after, a nurse gave him an injection in his arm, and until then, student A did not feel anything unusual.

After the injection, the nurse said, "There may be adverse reactions, so let's observe," and only then did he start feeling something was wrong.

Immediately, student A asked if it was a muscle pain injection, and the nurse confirmed that the paper he brought was not a pre-vaccination screening form but a simple prescription.

They had naturally assumed it was a screening form and administered the injection without verification procedures.

The on-duty medical staff checked for any underlying conditions and found none, but as a precaution against any possible situation, he was admitted to the hospital.

He has since been discharged and is living his daily life. The AZ vaccine is administered only to those aged 30 and above due to concerns about rare side effects such as thrombosis when given to younger age groups.

This means the incident could have escalated into a serious accident.

A quarantine authority official said, "We will establish a clear manual to verify identity before vaccination and consider setting up separate rooms for general injections and vaccine administration."

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