Vaccination pan in Hanover: 42 children receive adult dose | NDR.de – Nachrichten – Lower Saxony

42 boys and girls, for whom the vaccine was intended for five to eleven year olds, received the vaccine with the higher concentration for adults, as the Hanover region announced. All parents of the children concerned were informed directly by the regional administration by telephone and email. Medical advice is available to them from the pediatric emergency services of the Hannover Medical School, the Auf der Bult Children’s Hospital and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.

Regional President Krach wants to review processes

“Even if no serious health consequences are to be expected, something like this should not have happened,” said regional president Steffen Krach (SPD). The processes will be checked. Marlene Graf, chief medical officer for the health department, said there were no serious consequences to be expected. According to our findings, possible side effects should be limited to local reactions and fever reactions.

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