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CDC will continue to investigate Shelby County vaccine programs By Kelly Roberts | March 15, 2021 at 5:28 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 6:53 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Teams from the Tennessee Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control are leaving Shelby County after a month-long investigation into mismanagement of COVID-19 vaccines in Shelby County. In all, the investigation found more than 2,500 vaccines were wasted by the Shelby County Health Department.
TDH and the CDC looked at records of nearly 55,000 vaccines given in Shelby County to determine if anyone received an expired dose. On Monday the teams said no one had.
Tennessee state officials said the investigation into Shelby County s wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses and the storing of other vaccines is now finished. The state is confident no one was given an expired vaccine dose.
Tennessee State Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also finalized a report on vaccine stability that was provided to state and county officials confirming what Piercey said.
“We can confidently reassure all recipients of vaccine at Shelby County sites the doses they received were stable and effective,” she said in a media briefing Monday.
However, other problems reported by state officials remain unresolved including the apparent vaccination of two children and the alleged theft of vaccine from the Pipkin Building vaccination site.