COVID-19 vaccines set to be given to members of a remote First Nation community has been spoiled after a power outage this week.Anaham Sage Healh Clinic in Tl’etinqox, west of Williams Lake, posted a memo on its Facebook page saying the Moderna vaccines had been deemed unusable following the break in the “cold chain.” B.C.
mayor blasts ‘racist rhetoric’ directed at First Nation amid COVID-19 outbreak “When the chain is broken, the vaccine may not work to provide protection and mRNA vaccines (such as Moderna) are especially sensitive to temperature,” according to the memo from the First Nations Health Authority.The FNHA said the vaccine was returned to its proper temperature as soon as possible and nurses followed all protocols, but.