FDA Issues Alert on Wrong COVID Vaccine Doses for Children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert to health care providers to administer the right dosage of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to children amid reports that double doses were given to children.
"We are advising healthcare providers who administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to individuals six months through 11 years of age to ensure that the correct volume of the vaccine is withdrawn from the vial so that the correct dose is administered to the vaccine recipient," the FDA alert said.

The FDA said it has since revised a fact sheet for health care providers on the mRNA vaccine to "further clarify that 0.25 mL should be withdrawn from the vial and that the vial and any excess volume should then be discarded."


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