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Elderly patients show no adverse reactions after being given excessive dose of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine
Two aged care patients who were inadvertently injected with four times the required dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine are showing no symptoms of an adverse reaction as they remain under observation.
The 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were administered the incorrect dose of the vaccine at Holy Spirit Nursing Home, also known as St Vincent’s Care Services, in Brisbane’s north on Tuesday.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt yesterday revealed the doctor who administered the incorrect dose had not completed the required vaccination training.
A nurse who was helping to deliver the vaccine at the Carseldine…
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