<p>Six people in Jharkhand's Palamu district were administered Covishield vaccine as their second dose against coronavirus on Wednesday, though they had received a shot of Covaxin as the first, an official said.</p>.<p>This happened because of a mistake, but the change in the vaccine will not have any significant negative effect on them, Chief Medical Officer of the district, Dr Anil Kumar Singh, said.</p>.<p>The authorities have also ordered an inquiry into the incident.</p>.<p>"Those six people went to a community health centre at Hariharganj to receive their second dose of Covaxin. However, they were given Covishield due to lapse on the part of the employees there," Singh said.</p>.<p>They will be under observation for 24 hours.</p>.<p>The six will have to take the second dose of Covishield, the official said.</p>.<p>Singh said that a team headed by the in-charge of the community centre was formed to investigate how the incident took place and it was asked to submit a report within 24 hours.</p>.<p>This is the first such lapse in the Palamu district where three lakh doses have been administered to people so far, he said.</p>.<p>After the mix-up was noticed, there was a commotion at the centre. Chhatarpur Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajay Kumar said that police and civil officials reached the spot and brought the situation under control.</p>.<p>Police personnel have been deputed at the spot.</p>.<p>A similar incident was reported last month from Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district where health workers administered Covaxin to 20 villagers who had been given Covishield in the first dose. </p>
<p>Six people in Jharkhand's Palamu district were administered Covishield vaccine as their second dose against coronavirus on Wednesday, though they had received a shot of Covaxin as the first, an official said.</p>.<p>This happened because of a mistake, but the change in the vaccine will not have any significant negative effect on them, Chief Medical Officer of the district, Dr Anil Kumar Singh, said.</p>.<p>The authorities have also ordered an inquiry into the incident.</p>.<p>"Those six people went to a community health centre at Hariharganj to receive their second dose of Covaxin. However, they were given Covishield due to lapse on the part of the employees there," Singh said.</p>.<p>They will be under observation for 24 hours.</p>.<p>The six will have to take the second dose of Covishield, the official said.</p>.<p>Singh said that a team headed by the in-charge of the community centre was formed to investigate how the incident took place and it was asked to submit a report within 24 hours.</p>.<p>This is the first such lapse in the Palamu district where three lakh doses have been administered to people so far, he said.</p>.<p>After the mix-up was noticed, there was a commotion at the centre. Chhatarpur Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajay Kumar said that police and civil officials reached the spot and brought the situation under control.</p>.<p>Police personnel have been deputed at the spot.</p>.<p>A similar incident was reported last month from Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district where health workers administered Covaxin to 20 villagers who had been given Covishield in the first dose. </p>