"Received Two Incorrect Vaccinations 10 Minutes Apart": Reason Behind the Mistake with Vietnamese High School Student

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] In Vietnam, an incident occurred where a high school student in his teens received COVID-19 vaccines consecutively at 10-minute intervals.

On the 18th, local Vietnamese media VN Express reported that a male high school sophomore living in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam experienced such a vaccination accident.

At the time, the student had completed the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine two days earlier and was waiting at another table to monitor for any adverse reactions such as difficulty breathing. Vietnamese health authorities currently require that if no adverse reactions occur within 30 minutes after the first dose, the second dose should be administered after 4 weeks.

However, the student received the vaccine again just 10 minutes after the first dose. This was an accident caused by on-site medical staff mistaking the waiting student as someone who had not yet been vaccinated.

The student was immediately taken to the hospital afterward, but no particular symptoms were confirmed. A local vaccination center official explained, "The on-site staff did not properly check the vaccination list," and added, "The supervising teacher also failed to properly manage the students, which led to this accident."

Meanwhile, Vietnam began administering the Pfizer vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 17 starting early last month. However, as five cases of adolescents showing symptoms such as high fever, vomiting, and anaphylactic shock after vaccination and subsequently dying have been reported, concerns about adolescent vaccination are spreading in some quarters.

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