Virginia Kroger’s location accidentally gave empty COVID-19 shots

A Kroger clinic in Virginia mistakenly injected clients with empty syringes on Monday rather than giving them the COVID-19 vaccine.

Fewer than 10 clients who were scheduled to receive the vaccine at The Little Clinic, one of the company’s walk-in clinics in Chesterfield County, were affected by the error, a Kroger spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business.

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“The TLC site at our Midlothian, Va. Store injected a small number of patients with empty VanishPoint syringes instead of the COVID-19 vaccine,” the spokesperson said.

An employee pushes grocery carts outside a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Ky., June 14, 2017 (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Originally, the company believed customers were injected with saline rather than the vaccine, calling it an “honest mistake,” WTVR reported. But it turned out that the syringes contained absolutely nothing.

The professional who administered the blank vaccines believed all syringes had been properly filled with the vaccine before appointments, according to the outlet.

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However, customers were immediately notified of the crash and have since received a good hit from COVID-19, according to Kroger.

The clinic “is investigating the matter to prevent a similar situation from happening again in the future,” the spokesperson said.

The Virginia Department of Health is also “aware of this incident.”

In late December, Kroger – one of the retail pharmacies selected for President Biden’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Partnership – announced that it would deliver the COVID-19 vaccine nationwide to its 2,200 pharmacies and 220 clinics.

Since then, the company has announced that it is able to deliver 1 million doses per week in pharmacies and in-store clinics, and during off-site mass vaccination events.