CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia National Guard said 42 people were accidentally injected with antibodies Wednesday to fight COVID-19 instead of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine, WCHS-TV reported.
Regeneron antibody injections were given during a clinic hosted by the Boone County Department of Health. The guard said he did not believe there was any risk of harm to the 42 people who were shot incorrectly.
“When we were notified of what had 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,” General General James Hoyer, Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard, said in a press release Thursday.
Anyone who was shot incorrectly has been contacted or is in the process of being contacted, according to the statement. The State Department of Health and Human Resources will monitor them and give them priority status for obtaining the vaccine.
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