Brazil: Two Infants Hospitalized After Getting Pfizer Shots by Mistake, Says Reports
The Pfizer vaccine caused a severe reaction in both infants and they had to be hospitalized. The nurse who administered the vaccines was temporarily suspended and an administrative investigation is underway.
Buenos Aires, December 6: Two newborns in Brazil were given coronavirus vaccine shots by mistake and had to be hospitalized, Brazilian media report. A two-month-old girl and a four-month-old boy were each given a Pfizer shot against COVID-19 instead of a combination immunizing agent against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), pertussis (whooping cough), and hepatitis B, the Uol media outlet said on Sunday.
The Pfizer vaccine caused a severe reaction in both infants and they had to be hospitalized. The nurse who administered the vaccines was temporarily suspended and an administrative investigation is underway. COVID-19 Variant Omicron Cases Present in at Least 15 US States: CDC.
The Pfizer vaccine has been cleared for children as young as 5 in multiple countries. Brazil's health regulator, Anvisa, approved the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children over 12 years of age in June.
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