A nurse in Italy has accidentally injected a 23-year-old woman with 6 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The woman was kept in the hospital overnight for observation, however there were no side effects and she was released on Monday.
The health worker administering the vaccine accidentally filled a syringe with an entire bottle. The bottle was full, and the worker only picked up on her mistake when she saw five empty syringes shortly after she had given the woman the shot.
A spokeswoman told CNN that doctors will continue to keep an eye on the patient’s immune response. It’s yet to be determined if she’ll get the second dose in the next few weeks. It’s also not known what long-term effects, if any, she’ll see. The patient is an intern at the hospital’s psychology department.
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An internal investigation was opened into the incident. The same spokeswoman told CNN that the whole thing was “maybe just human error, definitively not on purpose.”
Last month, the Italian government decreed that vaccinations were mandatory for all healthcare and pharmacy workers. Those workers who refuse will be placed in roles where they won’t contact patients.