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April 25, 2021
A nurse is being investigated in Germany after admitting that she swapped the coronavirus vaccine for a saline solution six times to conceal she had dropped a vial of BionTech / Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.
Authorities urgently recalled 200 people who had undergone vaccination at the Red Cross center in Friesland last Wednesday to test for antibodies to determine which six people took the saline solution instead of the vaccine.
The police of Wilhelmshaven / Friesland, in northern Germany, said in a statement that they had opened an investigation into possible "physical harm" by the nurse, while specifying that the saline solution does not pose a risk to people's health. hit. It is normal practice for the BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine to be diluted with saline before being administered, and it was the nurse's job to prepare the syringes when she accidentally dropped one of the vials, wasting the contents. He then confessed his action to a colleague, who raised the alarm.
The local district has set up a toll-free number for people who were vaccinated on the day of the accident to go and get tested. "I am deeply shocked by the incident," said Friesland District Administrator Sven Ambrosy, adding that from now on the vaccination center protocol will ensure that there are always two people in the place where the vials are prepared. .