The head nurse at a Tennessee hospital caused a brief scare this week when she fainted shortly after receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
"I’m sorry. I’m feeling really dizzy," Tiffany Dover, the nurse manager at CHI Memorial, said as she took questions from reporters after receiving the newly rolled out coronavirus vaccine. "I’m sorry."
Dover can then be seen on video passing out as several of her colleagues rushed to her aid.
WATCH: Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Nurse Manager Tiffany Dover was okay and spoke again with local station WTVC, saying she has a condition where she often faints when she feels pain.
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Dover was able to address the media moments later, and doctors say the ingredients in the vaccine did not cause the fainting episode.
"It just hit me all of a sudden," she said about the incident. "I could feel it coming on. I felt a little disoriented, but I feel fine now, and the pain in my arm is gone.”
Dover added that she has a condition where fainting sometimes occurs when she feels pain.
Health officials nationwide have celebrated the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, and Vice President Mike Pence received a dose live on television on Friday in an attempt to quell fears about the process.
"Building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning," Pence said to reporters.
