Jan 2, 2021
GRAFTON (WKOW) Police arrested a former employee of a hospital in Grafton for intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccines given to 57 people. A former employee of the Advocate Aurora Health Hospital in Grafton has been arrested this afternoon for tampering with and causing the destruction of 57 vials containing approximately 570 doses of the novel Coronavirus vaccine, the Grafton Police Department said in a press release sent Thursday.
Officers did not reveal the name of the person arrested.
Police have recommended charges of first-degree-Recklessly endangering safety, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property.
No ill effects are expected for the people who got the doses, said Dr. Jeff Bahr, president of Aurora Health Care Medical Group at a press conference earlier in the afternoon.