A Virginia pharmacy will no longer be allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines after mistakenly giving more than 100 children the wrong dose of the shot.
Ted Pharmacy, in Loudon County - around 30 miles northwest of Washington D.C. = reportedly gave 112 children aged five to 11 doses of the vaccine meant for teens and adults.
Younger children are meant to receive one-third the dosage and the vaccine comes packaged with an orange vial cap instead of a purple cap to help physicians distinguish between the two.
Ted Pharmacy has lost its supply of the vaccine, and will no longer be allowed to distribute the shots, reported NBC Washington.
Ted Pharmacy (pictured) in Loudon County, Virginia, has reportedly giver more than 100 children aged five to 11 dosages of the COVID-19 vaccine that are made for people 12 and older. The pharmacy will no longer be allowed to distribute the vaccine
Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children are ten micrograms, a third of the size of the 30 microgram doses for people 12 and older. Pictured: A child in Louisville, Kentucky, receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
'I had this pit in my stomach that, like, what did they just do to my daughter?' Dasha Hermosilla - whose seven year old daughter Gryffin received an incorrect dose earlier this month - told NBC Washington.
Hermosilla said that when she brought her concerns to the pharmacy they brushed her off.
'The way they have dealt with individuals is really, like: "Oh, it's no big deal...there are dozens and dozens of families out there that don't even know that this is an issue,"' she said.
The Loudon County Department of Health is alerting parents about the error made by the pharmacy.
Health officials tell parents they can either wait 21 days and restart their child's vaccine series, or they can get the second dose of the vaccine as scheduled, but should consult with a pediatrician about what the best option is.
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