The West Virginia National Guard admitted on Thursday that 42 people who expected to receive the Modern vaccine for COVID-19 accidentally received the Regeneron antibody used to treat infections.
The error occurred at a vaccination clinic hosted by Boone County Department of Health officials, and anyone who has accidentally received the wrong product is being contacted by the department, the National Guard said in a statement.
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Medical experts from the Joint Interagency Task Force said they did not believe that individuals who received the wrong injection were at risk of causing harm.
“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,” Major. General James Hoyer, deputy general to the West Virginia National Guard, said in a statement.
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Regeneron was praised by President Trump as helping to cure him of COVID-19 when he contracted the virus in November.
Shortly thereafter, the Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to the emergency use of experimental treatment, which involves monoclonal antibodies or fabricated copies of antibodies created by the human body to help fight infections.
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“The products administered are antibodies that fight COVID-19,” Clay Marsh, the state’s COVID-19 czar, said in a 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 “Although this injection is not harmful, it has been replaced by the vaccine.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.”