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| Vaccine heist? Florida man steals car with $10,000 worth of anti-Covid jabs, triggering nationwide alert | Vaccine heist? Florida man steals car with $10,000 worth of anti-Covid jabs, triggering nationwide alert |
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| Police in Florida are on the lookout for a thief who made off with a car filled with dozens of vials of coronavirus vaccine worth some $10,000, posting a nationwide alert in their hunt for the suspect. | Police in Florida are on the lookout for a thief who made off with a car filled with dozens of vials of coronavirus vaccine worth some $10,000, posting a nationwide alert in their hunt for the suspect. |
| A vehicle stolen from the Strawberry Festival Grounds in Plant City, Florida – roughly 25 miles east of Tampa – on Wednesday contained 30 vials of the immunization, a local NBC affiliate reported. | A vehicle stolen from the Strawberry Festival Grounds in Plant City, Florida – roughly 25 miles east of Tampa – on Wednesday contained 30 vials of the immunization, a local NBC affiliate reported. |
| The Plant City Police Department issued a statement on the incident alongside surveillance footage of the suspect on Thursday, calling on the public to share any information they might have on the vehicle’s whereabouts. | The Plant City Police Department issued a statement on the incident alongside surveillance footage of the suspect on Thursday, calling on the public to share any information they might have on the vehicle’s whereabouts. |
| A police report stated the car’s keys were left in its ignition before the robbery, but it remains unclear whether the suspect knew what was inside. | |
| Officials told local media the 30 vials were properly refrigerated at the time of the theft, destined for a nearby vaccination center located on the festival grounds. | Officials told local media the 30 vials were properly refrigerated at the time of the theft, destined for a nearby vaccination center located on the festival grounds. |
| Two coronavirus inoculations have been approved for use in the US – one developed jointly by Pfizer and BioNTech and another by Moderna – however police did not clarify which was involved in the incident. The pilfered vials could amount to between 180 and 300 vaccine doses, as each ampule of Pfizer’s jab contains 6 shots, while Moderna’s packs in 10. Both require two doses per recipient. | Two coronavirus inoculations have been approved for use in the US – one developed jointly by Pfizer and BioNTech and another by Moderna – however police did not clarify which was involved in the incident. The pilfered vials could amount to between 180 and 300 vaccine doses, as each ampule of Pfizer’s jab contains 6 shots, while Moderna’s packs in 10. Both require two doses per recipient. |
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