Four vulnerable children in Scotland given double Covid vaccine doses

Four vulnerable children between 5 and 11 were given Covid vaccine overdoses of more than twice the approved dosage’

Scottish Labour’s health ­spokeswoman Jackie Baillie has called for an urgent inquiry.

“Kids getting adult doses is pretty serious, especially when it is not a one-off.

We don’t know the implications and there needs to be proper monitoring of these children. They can’t be left to cope with quite severe side effects on their own.

There also needs to be an urgent inquiry.”

The mum of a 10-year-old boy told how his arm became sore almost immediately after he received his jab at the Ally McCoist Centre in East Kilbride. Hours later, he developed stomach pains, diarrhoea and had a splitting ­headache.

During the night, his mum saw a vein in the boy’s neck pulsing and he was still suffering side-effects almost a week later.

She received a call from a senior doctor with NHS Lanarkshire who told her: “There has been an error but I think he is going to be OK.”

He said instead of being given 10micrograms of vaccine mixed with saline solution, her son had been given 25.7micrograms.

The medic told the mum it was “highly unlikely” this would lead to any problems but gave her his mobile number and said if the boy developed severe symptoms to take him to hospital.

The boy has a rare condition called chiari malformation, where the lower part of the brain pushes down into the spinal canal. He has already had two brain operations and may need a third.

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “We’re aware a small number of children received a higher than recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine instead of the paediatric formula.

“NHS Lanarkshire has assured us the error was quickly identified, reported and actions were put in place to ensure the affected parents were fully informed of what had happened.

“NHS Lanarkshire has apologised to the affected young people and their families for any worry caused by this error.

“It has undertaken the monitoring required when someone is given more than the recommended dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.”