Forty-two people who expected to receive the COVID-19 vaccine received the antibody used to treat infections, the West Virginia National Guard said on Thursday.
The Guard said the affected individuals arrived at a clinic in Boone County to obtain the Modern vaccine, but accidentally received the Regeneron antibody, according to Fox News.
The antibody recipients were not at risk of harm, according to medical experts from the Joint Interagency Task Force, which coordinates the state’s vaccination efforts.
“The moment we were notified of what happened, we acted immediately to correct it and immediately revised and strengthened our protocols to improve our distribution process to prevent this from happening again,” Maj. General James Hoyer, Deputy General of the West Virginia National Guard, said in a press release.
The errors, which surfaced on Wednesday, occurred in a clinic hosted by the Boone County Health Department. All the people who received the wrong injection were being contacted, according to the note.
President Donald Trump praised Regeneron for helping to cure him of COVID-19 after he contracted the virus in November.
The Food and Drug Administration then approved the emergency use of experimental treatment, which involves monoclonal antibodies or manufactured copies of antibodies created by the human body to help fight infections.
“The products administered are antibodies that fight COVID-19,” said Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s COVID-19 czar, in the statement. “Although this injection is not harmful, it has been replaced by the vaccine. But this occurrence offers our leadership team an important opportunity to review and improve the safety and vaccination process for each West Virginia.”
The Guard said that no other vaccine shipments were affected and that the task force reviewed and enforced all vaccine-related protocols.
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