A California health official is urging clinicians to stop using a Moderna coronavirus vaccine after half a dozen people had allergic reactions.
More than 330,000 doses of the shot were distributed to 287 providers across the state earlier this month.
However, after six recipients needed medical assistance at a mass vaccination site in San Diego during the 24-hour period,
The group of vaccines – lot 041L20A – is now being investigated and state epidemiologist Dr Erica S Pan, calls on all sites to exchange vaccines with replacement doses.
The leading epidemiologist in California, Dr. Erica S Pan, has issued a statement insisting that no clinicians use Moderna coronavirus vaccines of a specific fate associated with allergic reactions. In the photo; Pan in her office in Oakland, California, June 2020
It is said that six health workers at the ‘Vaccination Super Station’ in Tailgate Park in San Diego (photo) suffered ‘serious’ allergic reactions.
One worker said she could not feel her tongue and that she had neck pain within 15 minutes of getting the jab. Pictured: San Diego’s ‘Vaccination Super Station’ at Tailgate Park
“Our goal is to deliver the COVID vaccine safely, quickly and equitably,” Pan wrote in a statement Sunday.
‘A less likely allergic reaction than usual was reported with a specific amount of Moderna vaccine administered at one community vaccination clinic.
‘Out of extreme caution and also acknowledging the extremely limited amount of vaccine, we recommend that suppliers use other available vaccine supplies and interrupt the administration of vaccines from Moderna Lot 041L20A until the investigation is completed by the CDC, FDA, Moderna and the state. ‘
A California Department of Public Health spokeswoman told DailyMail.com the break is not mandatory and all providers have the option to implement it or not.
So far, Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz have suspended distribution and two COVID-19 vaccine clinics have been canceled in Stanislaus County amid concerns over the availability of vaccines following the allergic reactions.
Monday, Santa Clara County was the first in the state say that the administration of vaccines from the specific fate will interrupt.
The shipment of 330,000 doses – about a tenth of the state’s total distribution – arrived in California between January 5 and 12 and was sent to suppliers across the state.
However, according to NBC 7 San Diego, all the incidents took place at the ‘Vaccination Super Station’ in Tailgate Park.
Tailgate Park is a 1,000-square-foot parking lot adjacent to Petco Park, where the San Diego Padres baseball team plays.
According to the stations, six health workers developed allergic reactions during the standard 15-minute observation period.
The California Department of Public Health defined the reactions as “serious,” but did not elaborate on what they were.
Several local reports have confirmed that some people who received their first dose of vaccine experienced anaphylactic shock, a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction to an allergy to food, medicine or even some kind of material.
The immune system releases chemicals that flood the body, blood pressure drops suddenly and airways constrict, preventing someone from breathing normally.
Symptoms usually occur within minutes and include hives, a weak pulse, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and a swollen tongue or throat.
If not treated immediately, it can lead to death.
Sufferers usually get epinephrine, a hormone that relaxes the airway muscles, to treat their symptoms.
Modern vaccines at the transit site were exchanged with replacement doses in case the reactions were due to the specific fate. Pictured: Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine bottles sit on a table at COVID-19’s drive-through vaccination clinic in Sonoma County, California, January 13
Officials are investigating the amount of vaccines and no other vaccination site has reported any adverse incidents. Pictured: A CalFire firefighter receives his first dose of Modner vaccine in El Cajon, California, on January 15th.
One health worker, Diana Cannizzo, said she could not feel her tongue and that she had neck pain after receiving the shot.
“They gave me 50 milliliters of Benadryl and then they watched me even closer,” she told NBC 7 San Diego.
“Meanwhile, someone else got into a gurney.”
Despite her reaction, Cannizzo said she still encourages others to get the vaccine.
“I do not want anyone to hear my story and decide, ‘Oh, I do not want to take the vaccine because of what happened to her,'” she said.
‘I did have underlying conditions from other medicines. I do not know if that came up; maybe it did, maybe not, but everyone who has a lot of allergic reactions thinks about it and talks to their doctors. ‘
Dr. Eric McDonald, director of epidemiology for San Diego County, said vaccines at the drive-by site were being exchanged with replacement doses in case the reactions were due to the specific fate.
No other suppliers in any other area have reported allergic reactions to vaccines administered from that group.
In a statement, Moderna said it cis working with California’s health department to investigate the allergic reactions.
‘Moderna acknowledges that he received a report from the California Department of Public Health that a number of individuals were treated at one vaccination center for possible allergic reactions after vaccination from one amount of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, ‘the statement said.
“The company is fully cooperating with CDPH in investigating these reported adverse events.”