Print article The first shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine the second to receive federal approval arrived in Alaska on Monday as vaccinations that started last week extended into some of the state’s most remote regions. Meanwhile, state and federal officials are trying to figure out why about a third of the half-dozen severe reactions to the vaccine officially reported in the U.S. so far have occurred in Alaska. Officials say reactions have been rare, and far more treatable than the virus can be. The state’s first vaccine arrived a week ago: the start of 35,100 doses manufactured by Pfizer coming to the state in two pulses. As of Sunday, 5,674 doses had been administered, according to the state’s vaccine webpage,
Health care worker suffers allergic reaction after COVID vaccination
By Alexandria Hein article
JUNEAU, Alaska - A health care worker in Alaska is doing well after suffering an adverse reaction minutes after receiving Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. The health care worker, who was identified as a middle-aged woman, had an allergic reaction that included flushing and shortness of breath within 10 minutes of receiving the first of Pfizer s two-dose jab on Tuesday.
She was still being observed in Bartlett Hospital s foyer at the time of the incident.
The woman, whose name is being withheld, suffered an anaphylactic reaction that required hospitalization and monitoring, and will not be receiving the second dose of the vaccine, officials said during a press briefing on Wednesday. She had no prior history of allergies and took a Benadryl to relieve the symptoms but it did not work.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 21 caregivers at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center had received the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19.Â
First in line was Dr. Dana Kerr, an emergency room physician at the hospital who got the vaccine on Tuesday evening. Kerr has been treating the growing wave of patients with the virus over the past few weeks in Kodiak, putting her squarely into the first tier of Alaskans designated to get the vaccine.Â
She also volunteered, having tracked the vaccineâs development for months with pharmacist Stephanie Hurley and others at the hospital.Â
âWe had been talking quite a bit about it since May. ⦠They had asked who would be willing to take it first, and I had volunteered,â Kerr said.Â
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Health care worker suffers dangerous reaction minutes after receiving COVID-19 vaccine Woman had an allergic reaction within 10 minutes of receiving the shot and was admitted to Bartlett Hospital s emergency room | 16 Dec 2020 | A health care worker in Alaska is doing well after suffering an adverse reaction minutes after receiving Pfizer s [deadly, rushed] COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. The health care worker, who was identified as a middle-aged woman, had an allergic reaction that included flushing and shortness of breath within 10 minutes of receiving the first of Pfizer s two-dose jab on Tuesday. She was still being observed in Bartlett Hospital s foyer at the time of the incident. The woman, whose name is being withheld,