Covid, the director of BioNTech sounds the alarm: “We need more vaccines, we cannot do it alone” | United States, sabotage in a hospital: 500 doses destroyed

German Health Minister Jens Spahn urged the EMA to quickly approve the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, but the timing for approval of the latter remains uncertain.

United States, around 500 doses of vaccine destroyed in sabotage Meanwhile, in the United States, a hospital employee in Grafton, Wisconsin, deliberately damaged nearly 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine. Investigations by the Grafton Police Department in relation to the incident at Aurora Medical Center have confirmed this. According to investigators, the now-laid off employee “intentionally removed” 57 vials of the vaccine from refrigerators on Dec. 26, forcing the health center to dispose of around 500 now-unusable doses. “We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the pandemic. We are extremely disappointed, the actions of this individual will result in a delay in the vaccination of more than 500 people. It was a violation of our core values,” reads a note from hospital.