COVID Vaccine Mix-Up: Some People Received Saline Instead Of Vaccine At NC Walgreens
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There have been other mix-ups amid the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
North Carolina is seeing a leveling of COVID trends after weeks of declines
Some people in Monroe, North Carolina, were forced to retake their COVID-19 shots after a Walgreens pharmacy store mix-up.
Walgreens recently learned a limited number of people got saline injections instead of the COVID vaccine at one of their stores, company spokesperson Rebekah Pajak told McClatchy News in a statement Sunday, The Charlotte Observer
reported. While it s unclear just how many people were mistakenly administered with saline, she said that the company has already contacted all the patients.
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Walgreens Now Administering COVID-19 Vaccinations in 49 States, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
April 12, 2021 GMT
DEERFIELD, Ill. (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 12, 2021
Walgreens is now administering COVID-19 vaccines at a majority of its stores in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, as the company continues to play an integral role in the nation’s vaccination and pandemic response efforts. With the initiative to vaccinate residents and staff in long-term care facilities nearly complete, close to 60,000 immunizers are now administering vaccinations at more than 7,000 Walgreens stores and through off-site clinics. The company has administered more than 11 million COVID-19 vaccinations to date.
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Reports: Walgreens moving Pfizer vaccine doses to 21 days apart as recommended
Walgreens was reportedly giving out the two Pfizer doses four weeks apart like the Moderna vaccine, not three weeks as recommended. Author: Travis Pittman Updated: 12:46 AM EDT April 6, 2021
Walgreens is reportedly moving the spacing of the two-dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the recommended 21 days after it had been separating the doses by 28 days, which is how the Moderna vaccine is supposed to be administered.
The New York Times reported Monday that the doses were scheduled four weeks apart because Walgreens found that it made scheduling appointments simpler and easier. But as the Times and USA TODAY reported late Monday, the company says it will revert to the 21-day schedule between doses, with that change coming as soon as this week.