Man Stole Vehicle Containing COVID Vaccine Doses, Florida Police Say
On 2/4/21 at 12:04 PM EST
A Florida police department is investigating after a vehicle believed to contain vials of COVID vaccine was stolen from a local vaccination site.
The Plant City Police Department has confirmed its officers are now hunting for a 2018 gray Hyundai Accent that was taken from a parking lot at 2805 West Reynolds Street in Plant City on Wednesday afternoon.
Police said the vehicle contained COVID-19 vaccine doses set to be distributed at the East Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds. It had a Florida license plate of NPJ J58, law enforcement said.
By Joel Malkin
Feb 3, 2021
The Florida Department of Health is calling for an audit of the Palm Beach County Health Care District after more than 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed.
District CEO Darcy Davis addressed the incident to county commissioners on Tuesday. It was a single isolated incident. It was a human error and it had absolutely no impact on patient safety.
She says a generator on a mobile vaccination unit was not turned on overnight and that led to a refrigerator containing the 232 vials of the Pfizer vaccine to rise above the recommended temperature. We reached out to the manufacturer and confirmed that it was not viable and it was taken from the site. New vaccine was brought in immediately.
More than 1,000 vaccine doses were damaged in South Florida, and state calls for audit Michelle Marchante, The Miami Herald
Feb. 3 More than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were damaged last month in Palm Beach County, according to the Florida Department of Health. Now, the state is calling for an audit of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County to find out what s going on. It is a tragedy that even one dose of this critical resource would go to waste and not be used to save a life from COVID-19, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees said in a news release Wednesday announcing the audit.
By Joel Malkin
Feb 3, 2021
The Florida Department of Health is calling for an audit of the Palm Beach County Health Care District after more than 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed.
District CEO Darcy Davis addressed the incident to county commissioners on Tuesday. It was a single isolated incident. It was a human error and it had absolutely no impact on patient safety.
She says a generator on a mobile vaccination unit was not turned on overnight and that led to a refrigerator containing the 232 vials of the Pfizer vaccine to rise above the recommended temperature. We reached out to the manufacturer and confirmed that it was not viable and it was taken from the site. New vaccine was brought in immediately.
The Health Department called on the Health Care District of Palm Beach County to conduct the audit by Feb. 12.
The Department of Health s request came after news reports of about 1,160 doses spoiled because a refrigerator was unintentionally turned off in Palm Beach County.
The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday requested an audit after more than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were spoiled in Palm Beach County. The department called on the Health Care District of Palm Beach County to conduct the audit by Feb. 12.
The request came after about 1,160 doses spoiled this month after a refrigerator was unintentionally turned off, according to news reports last week.