Patient Suffers Allergic Reaction To COVID Vaccine

One person is recovering at Decatur-Morgan Hospital after having a serious allergic reaction to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

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We want to get right to new details on a story we've been following all afternoon.

Tonight - we know one person is rececovering after having an serious allergic reaction to the pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

The alabama department of public health says that vaccine was administered to the person at decatur morgan hospital.

Waay 31's sophia borrelli is in decatur with what we know so far.

The alabama department of public health says that patient is in stable condition and is recovering tonight.

Take vo: adph says the patient had a previous history of severe allergic reaction to biologic agents but - following a risk assesment - wanted to get the vaccine anyway.

A-d-p-h says the patient was treated immediately at decatur morgan hospital where the vaccine was administered.

Adph says the reaction has been documented and reported.

Take live: as of this morning - more than 15 thousand doses of the vaccine have been administered in the state and - according to adph this is the only notice of an allergic reaction in the state.

In decatur - sophia borrelli waay 31 news.

According to a-d-p-h only 6 people nation-wide have been reported to have had an allergic reaction after recieving