Doctor stood down after two Brisbane nursing home residents given excessive dose of Pfizer vaccine

Pair erroneously given four times recommended dose of Covid vaccine, but experts say any side effects likely to be minimal

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A doctor responsible for delivering doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to residents of a Brisbane nursing home has been stood down after an 88 year-old man and a 94-year-old woman were each given four times the recommended dose.

The federal health minister Greg Hunt said the error occurred at the Holy Spirit Nursing Home in Carseldine and the two residents were being closely monitored.

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