At least 42 people in West Virginia who thought they received the COVID vaccine at a vaccination event hosted by the Boone County Health Department actually received a shot of Regeneron, an antibody cocktail used to treat the virus, they said. Thursday West Virginia National Guard. The State Department of Health and Human Services is now trying to contact all affected people. Although the drug will most likely not endanger their health, officials said they will be monitored and given priority for vaccination. “When we were notified of what had happened, we acted immediately to correct it and immediately reviewed and strengthened our protocols to improve our distribution process, to prevent this from happening again,” said Major General James Hoyer.
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