According to a new report, a Detroit nurse was trapped at the time of passing two doses of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine this week.
The unidentified nurse was arrested Monday when another employee saw her walking away from her work area at the TCF center (a convention center that now functions as a vaccination site) with two vaccine syringes, she said. inform WJBK.
The employee notified Detroit security and police. When authorities tried to confront her, she apparently refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer, according to the report.
He could now face criminal charges and even lose his license.
Hakim Berry, chief operating officer of the city of Detroit, said he was “really impacted” by the nurse’s actions.
“I’m not sure what her motives were,” she said of the nurse. “And I hope you can understand the seriousness of what you did.”
The nurse is not affiliated with any hospital and is likely to be affiliated with a staffing agency that helps bring nurses to TCF, according to WJBK.
Strict safety protocols at the center probably allowed the nurse to be caught before she could leave the building with the stolen syringes, Berry said.
“Our vaccines are stored off-site in a very safe and alarmed place [there is] Security 24-7 around that, “he said.” When vaccines are delivered from a pharmacy to the nursing station, they are accompanied by security guards. “
Although both doses were to be taken as police evidence and could not be used, everyone scheduled for a vaccine still received one, according to the medium.
Since January 13, a total of 109,000 people have been vaccinated at the TCF center, according to Berry.
The federal government provided the doses to the city’s health department, the Detroit News reported.
The Detroit police department continues to investigate, Chief James Craig said at the exit.