The West Virginia National Guard on Thursday acknowledged that 42 people who were expecting to receive the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 were instead accidentally getting the Regeneron antibody used to treat infections.
The error occurred in a vaccination clinic offered by staff from the Boone Department of Health. All the people who accidentally received the wrong product are being contacted by the department, the national guard said in a statement.
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Medical experts from the Joint Interagency Task Force said they do not believe that the individuals who receive the wrong injection run the risk of causing harm.
“The moment we were notified of what happened, we immediately took action to rectify it, and we immediately reviewed and strengthened our protocols to improve our distribution process to prevent it from happening again,” he said. genl.maj. James Hoyer, adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, said in a statement.
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Regeneron was put forward by President Trump to help him cure COVID-19 when he contracted the virus in November.
Shortly thereafter, the Food and Drug Administration eased the use of experimental treatment essential for monoclonal antibodies or manufactured copies of antibodies created by the human body to fight infections.
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“The products administered are antibodies that fight COVID-19,” Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s COVID-19 tsar, said in a statement. “While this injection is not harmful, it has been replaced by the vaccine. But this event provides our leadership team with an important opportunity to review and improve the safety and vaccination process for every West Virginia.”