A helicopter carrying Pfizer vaccines crashed into …

A Uruguayan Air Force helicopter carrying coronavirus vaccines crashed this Thursday. At least three people suffered minor injuries, but all the doses I was carrying were wasted.

The Defense Ministry and Rocha Health Director Diego Pintado reported that approximately 300 doses of the vaccine from Pfizer’s laboratory transferred by helicopter to this service were lost because a fire broke out following the accident.

The vaccines came in two boxes and were intended to immunize people over the age of 80, Pintado reported.

In a statement, the Defense Ministry said that the helicopter fell after suffering a mechanical failure as it flew over the Rocha Department, forcing the aircraft’s three crew members to make an emergency landing.

“As a result, the helicopter caught fire and suffered total losses,” added the note, in which it was stated that “the crew members suffered minor injuries, but they remain under observation.”

The Air Force has launched an investigation to determine the causes of the accident.

Uruguay is going through its worst moment of the pandemic, with a record number of infections and deaths, so yesterday the authorities decided to suspend face-to-face classes until Holy Week included, to close state offices and to cancel public performances until April 12, among other things. measures to curb infections.