Multiple patients at a CVS pharmacy in Massachusetts were given wrong dosages of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Monday. A CVS spokesman told DailyMail.com that the drug store in Ipswich - 30 miles from Boston - gave some people a 0.3 mililiter (mL) dose instead of the correct 0.5 mL dose recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is unclear how many patients were affected by the error but the spokesman described it as 'a limited number.' A CVS in Ipswich, Massachusetts (pictured), gave a 'limited number of patients' the wrong dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on MondayPatients were given a 0.3 mililiter (mL) dose, 40% lower than the correct 0.5 mL dose recommended by CDC. However, health officials do not recommend that patients be given half-doses of the vaccine at this time.

Source: The Nation February 18, 2021 21:45 UTC