Again, Expired Vaccines... 61 Cases in Daegu, 'Misadministration' Spreading Nationwide

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Another incident of administering vaccines with incorrect knowledge of their expiration dates occurred in Daegu.

Amid a series of misadministrations nationwide in Busan, Ulsan, Daegu, Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi, an accident happened in Daegu where dozens received 'invalid' fake injections.

According to Dalseo-gu, Daegu, on the 7th, a local hospital administered expired Pfizer vaccines to 61 people.

The hospital confirmed this fact on the 6th and reported it to the Dalseo-gu Public Health Center, the local health authority. It was found that the vaccine's expiration date was until the 1st of the month.

Fortunately, there have been no reported cases of adverse reactions following vaccination so far.

The health center judged that there was no intentional wrongdoing by the hospital and issued a warning.

The vaccine expiration date is printed on the vaccine packaging box, but the person in charge of vaccination misread this number and confused the expiration date, according to the investigation.

Cases of vaccine misadministration are rapidly increasing nationwide.

On the 5th, health authorities announced that “104 people were vaccinated with Pfizer vaccines that had a refrigerated expiration date of the 1st at a hospital in Gyeonggi-do about 2 to 3 days ago.”

Also, at a hospital in Incheon, Pfizer vaccines with a refrigerated expiration date of the 19th of last month were administered to a total of 21 people on the 20th, 25th, and 26th of the same month.

It is known that medical staff confused the frozen and refrigerated expiration dates, leading to vaccine misadministration.

At a university hospital in Seoul, 147 people were vaccinated with Pfizer vaccines that were near or past their expiration dates on the 26th and 27th of last month.

At a hospital in Ulsan, from the 26th of last month to the 2nd of this month, a total of 91 people were vaccinated with Pfizer vaccines that expired on the 25th of last month.

The same mistake occurred in Busan and Daegu as well.

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