Thane: Man mistakenly administered rabies vaccine instead of Covid-19; nurse suspended

A man was mistakenly administered rabies vaccine at a health centre in Thane on Monday. The nurse, who had given the jab, has been suspended. 

A nurse working for Thane Municipal Corporation was suspended on Tuesday for mistakenly administering anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) to a man who had come to get a Covid vaccination at a health centre.

The incident took place on Monday at Aatkoneshwar Health Centre in Kalwa. A person, Rajkumar Yadav, had come to take the Covishield vaccine, but mistakenly went and sat in the queue where an ARV injection is administered.