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Because of individual errors in the preparation of the vaccine, eight employees of a nursing home in Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) were given five times the dose of the corona vaccine.

After the incident on Sunday, the seven women and a man were sent home.

As the district administrator of the Vorpommern-Rügen district, Stefan Kerth (SPD), said on Monday, four of the eight people affected have now been admitted to a hospital for observation as a precautionary measure.

They showed flu-like symptoms.

The district reported in its announcement that, according to information from the manufacturer Biontech, larger doses of the vaccine had already been tested on test subjects in the phase 1 study without serious consequences.

No permanent, adverse events were reported.

Biontech refers to product information

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Local injection site reactions and flu-like symptoms were dose-dependent and were generally mild to moderate and transient.

A spokeswoman for Biontech confirmed this information.

In the tests, amounts of up to 100 micrograms were administered without serious consequences.

The usual vaccination dose is 30 micrograms.

She referred to the detailed product information of her company.

The first sentence reads: "This is a multi-dose vial, the contents of which must be diluted before use."