Around 140 people in South Korea possibly administered expired Pfizer vaccines

Seoul: Around 140 people have received suspicious Pfizer vaccine shots at a general hospital in South Korea’s capital of Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported citing health officials.

Staff at the Korea University Guro Hospital had inoculated around 140 people with shots that may have expired or have come close to their expiration dates after being unfrozen for use from August 26 to 27, the health officials told Yonhap.

Some of the individuals who had received these shots returned to the hospital in the following days with complaints for abnormal reactions.