2 jabs on same recipients within 10 min? Officials rubbish claims
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhubaneswar/Dumka: 22.06.2021
Two people — a man in Odisha and a woman in Jharkhand — have alleged that they were given back-to-back Covid vaccine shots, in gross violation of inoculation protocol. However, in both cases, the authorities have refuted their accusations.
A 51-year-old man, Prasanna Kumar Sahu, in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district claimed that he was administered two doses of Covishield within five minutes at a vaccination camp on Saturday.
“I was advised by the healthcare staff to stay at the centre for 30 minutes after vaccination for observation. While I was waiting, I was administered another dose,” Sahu said. “When I said I had been given an injection about five minutes ago by another nurse, the second nurse wouldn’t listen.” Both the doses were reportedly administered on the same arm.
Additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra said, “The director of family welfare was asked to verify and submit the findings. It was ascertained that repeat vaccination was not actually done.” In Jharkhand, a probe was ordered on Monday, a day after a 22-year-old claimed she was given two doses of Covishield in Poriyahat. Bulbul Dutta said she was resting after taking her first dose when the nurse called her again after 10 minutes and administered the second dose.
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