Updated: 11:34 AM EST Jan 1, 2021 Caroline Reinwald Reporter Police have arrested a fired pharmacist who is accused of intentionally spoiling more than 500 COVID-19 vaccines at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin.The FBI and the Food & Drug Administration are investigating the person who left 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine out of a pharmacy refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center-Grafton.The person s name is not being released until formal charges are filed.Advocate Aurora Health now says it was an intentional act. The person in question Wednesday admitted they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration.After an internal investigation, it was first believed to be human error. The vials were discovered outside the refrigerator Dec. 26. Aurora Health President Dr. Jeff Bahr spoke about the incident Thursday during a news conference. Over the subsequent days, as we continued our internal review, we became increasingly suspicious of the be
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A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital has been arrested and accused of intentionally removing more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine from refrigeration last week, knowing that the vaccines would be rendered useless and that the people receiving them would think they were protected against the virus when they were not, the police department in Grafton, Wisconsin, said Thursday.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — La Crosse County has crossed the 10,000 COVID-19 case threshold after it recorded 131 new cases Thursday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The new cases make the total number in the county 10,125. DHS reported 180 negative tests Thursday. New cases include: Six people under age 9; Twenty people aged 10-19; Twenty-nine.