Published February 24, 2021
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It turns out a Queensland doctor who gave two people an overdose off the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine hadn’t completed the necessary training. They’ve now been stood down for obvious reasons.
Patients are supposed to receive two doses of the Pfizer vaccine three weeks apart. However on Tuesday, the doctor in question actually gave two doses consecutively to two people aged 88 and 94 at Brisbane’s Holy Spirit Nursing Home. There are even reports the two residents revived four doses in total.
Elderly patients show no adverse reactions after being given excessive dose of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine
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Coronavirus vaccine: Qld doctor stood down over dose mistakes
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February 25, 2021
AP – South Korea’s top infectious disease experts warned that vaccines will not bring the disease to a quick end and called for continued vigilance in social distancing and mask wearing as the country prepares to give its first shots tomorrow.
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Director Jeong Eun-kyeong said yesterday it would take a “considerably long time” before the mass vaccination campaign brings the virus under control.
The country aims to vaccinate over 70 per cent of the population by November. But a safe return to a life without masks is highly unlikely this year, considering various factors including the growing spread of virus variants, Korea University Ansan Hospital infectious disease professor Choi Won Suk said.