Nearly 500 Modern COVID vaccine doses are discarded in Grafton, Wisconsin at Aurora Medical Center

GRAFTON (WLS) – About 500 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had to be discarded in Wisconsin.

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About fifty vials of vaccine were left overnight at a Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin.

While some vaccines were administered to workers within the 12-hour cooling period, most had to be discarded due to the temperature requirements.

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The Department of Health Services in Wisconsin said it does not know this is happening elsewhere in the state, but finds the situation disappointing and deplorable.

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