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Seattle hospitals rush to dole out 1,300 Covid vaccine doses in the middle of the night

When a freezer where the supply was stored failed, the hospitals sent out word over social media so it wouldn’t go to waste

Seattle hospitals rushed out Covid-19 vaccines to hundreds of people in the middle of the night after a freezer they were being stored in failed.

It’s not clear what exactly caused the freezer failure Thursday night, but the Northwest and Montlake campuses of the UW Medical Center and the Swedish Medical Center received more than 1,300 vaccine doses that needed to be used before they expired at 5.30am Friday, the Seattle Times reported.

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