GRAFTON (WLS) – About 500 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine had to be discarded in Wisconsin.
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About fifty vials of vaccines were left out of a pharmacy refrigerator overnight at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin.
Although some vaccines were administered to workers within the 12-hour post-cooling window, most had to be discarded due to temperature requirements.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said it was not aware that this was happening anywhere else in the state, but found the situation disappointing and regrettable.
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