Authorities on Thursday arrested a pharmacist in a suburb of Milwaukee who is suspected of deliberately spoiling hundreds of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by taking them out of the fridge for two nights.
Grafton police said the former pharmacist of attorney Aurora Health was arrested on suspicion of endangering others, tampering with a prescription drug, and criminal property damage.
The department said in a press release that the inmate was in prison. Police have not identified the pharmacist as he has not yet been formally charged.
Attorney at Aurora Health Chief Medical Officer Jeff Bahr told reporters at a conference call Thursday afternoon that the pharmacist deliberately removed 57 vials of Moderna’s vaccine from the refrigerator overnight on Dec. 24-25, and returned them, leaving them again the following night. standing outside.
A pharmaceutical technician discovered the bottles outside the refrigerator on Saturday morning, December 26. Workers used the vaccine to inoculate 57 people. Bahr said his doses were ineffective.