COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KKTV) – Anyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Colorado Springs is warned of the new guidelines as the investigation continues.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) announced Friday that the Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic in El Paso County is currently suspended from the COVID vaccination program. On Tuesday, CDPHE reported that they were unable to verify that the vaccines previously administered on the spot were viable because the supplier had failed to provide adequate temperature storage documentation.
The suspension affected about 7,000 scheduled appointments. It is not clear how many people recently received a vaccine at the clinic.
CDPHE has consulted with the Centers for Disease Control and recommends the following:
For people who have received a dose at the Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic:
If you have received a dose of Pfizer vaccine at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, that dose is considered invalid and you should receive two additional doses of Pfizer vaccine according to the time intervals below:
-Additional dose of Pfizer 21 days after the initial dose of invalid Pfizer was received by Dr. Moma,
-and the final dose of Pfizer 21 days later (for example, 21 days after the valid repeated dose)
If you have received a dose of Moderna vaccine at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, that dose is considered invalid and you should receive two additional doses of Moderna vaccine according to the time intervals below:
-Additional dose of Moderna 28 days after administration of the initial dose of Moderna to Dr. Moma and
-Final dose of Moderna 28 days later (for example, 28 days after your valid repeated dose)
** If you do not know what vaccine you received at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, you should receive two additional doses of either the Moderna vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine according to the time intervals below:
-Additional dose of Moderna or Pfizer 28 days after administration of the initial dose of invalid mRNA to Dr. Moma and
-Final dose of Moderna or Pfizer 28 days later (for example, 28 days after your valid repeated dose)
Records show that most patients received a single dose at that site, but for people who received two doses at Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic, the CDC and CDPHE recommend:
-If you have received two doses of Pfizer vaccine at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, these doses are considered invalid and you should receive an additional dose of Pfizer vaccine at least 21 days after the last dose of COVID-19.
-If you have received two doses of Moderna vaccine at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, these doses are considered invalid and you should receive an additional dose of Moderna vaccine at least 28 days after the last dose of COVID-19.
-If you do not know what vaccine you received at a Dr. Moma vaccination clinic, you should receive an additional dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at least 28 days after the last dose of COVID-19.
“Due to the lack of clinical data, the CDC does not recommend that people receive more than three doses of any COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of its validity, ”reads part of the statement from the Joint State Information Center.
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