Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses tossed

One person is unaccounted for in a Lowell fire that spread to another building.

IS LIVE AT GILLETTE STADIUM WITHCONCERNS AND DEVELOPMENTS.GOOD MORNINGJENNIFER: NO DOUBT PEOPLE WILLBE LINING UP AGAIN HERE ATGILLETTE STADIUM, EAGER TO GETTHEIR VACCINE.WE HEAR PEOPLE THAT WE HEAR FROMPEOPLE EVERY DAY ANXIOUS TO GETA DOSE, THE NEW STATE DATA SHOWSSOME OF THOSE DOSES ARE ENDINGUP IN THE TRASH.DATA SHOWS AS OF FRIDAY, A TOTALOF 1272 VACCINE DOSES WEREREPORTED AS WASTED TO THEDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.THAT INCLUDES ONE THOUSAND 96DOSES OF MODERNA VACCINES AND176 PFIZER SHOTS.IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NEARLY2000 DOSES WERE THROWN OUT ATTHE V.A.

IN JAMAICA PLAIN LASTMONTH BECAUSE THAT FALLS UNDERFEDERAL CONTROL.AN UNPLUGGED FREEZER WAS BLAMEDFOR THAT INCIDENT.THE AMOUNT OF WASTED VACCINE ISLESS THAN 1% OF THE VACCINEADMINISTERED BY THE STATE SOFAR.ONCE A VIAL OF MODERNA VACCINEIS READY FOR USE, IT HAS TO BEUSED WITHIN SIX HOURS ORDISCARDED.AHEAD AT 5:30 -- AH