Kedah Health Department apologises over Covid-19 vaccine second dose blunder


ALOR SETAR (Bernama): The Kedah Health Department has apologised to a Covid-19 vaccine recipient and her family after she was mistakenly given the wrong type of vaccine for her second dose at a vaccination centre (PPV) in Sik on Aug 5.

Kedah Health director Dr Othman Warijo (pic) said based on investigations, the mistake occurred after a nurse at the PPV failed to check the details on her vaccination card.

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