4-year-old mistakenly given adult COVID-19 vaccine instead of flu shot
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The error comes as children under 12 remain ineligible for the vaccine, though Pfizer-BioNTech has submitted clinical trial data from a COVID-19 vaccine study among kids ages 5-11 to the FDA
Phil Caruso, a spokesperson for Walgreens, told Fox News in an email that patient safety is the company’s "top priority."
"Events like this are extremely rare and we take this matter very seriously," Caruso wrote in a statement. "We are in touch with the patient’s family and we have apologized. Our multi-step vaccination procedure includes several safety checks to minimize the chance of human error. We’ve recently reviewed this process with our pharmacy staff in order to prevent a future occurrence."
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