Sorry, I Didn't Know It Was COVID Vaccine, Thief Who Stole Vials Has Reportedly Returned Them

Adding a new twist in the theft of some 1710 COVID-19 vaccine shots from the PPC centre at Civil Hospital in Haryana's Jind district, hours after it was reported as missing the thief has reportedly returned, them at least partly.

According to reports, 182 vials of Covishield and 44O vials of Covaxin were left at a tea stall outside Jind Civil Lines Police Station.

The thief also left an apology note asking sorry and said that he did not know that those were COVID vaccines.

The thief who stole 182 vials of Covishield Vaccine and 44O vials of Covaxine from Jind Civil Hospital in Haryana, left these at a tea stall outside Jind Civil Lines Police Station. A note saying, ¡°Sorry- I did not know it was Corona Vaccine¡±, has been found inside. pic.twitter.com/IJXHVPWjvm

¡ª Man Aman Singh Chhina (@manaman_chhina) April 22, 2021

At this point, it is unclear what happened to the rest of the shots that were reported as missing.

Officials had said that 1270 doses of Covishield and 440 shots of Covaxin were stolen from the freezer.

Haryana: 1710 doses of #COVID19 vaccine, including 1270 of Covishield & 440 of Covaxin, stolen from PPC centre at Civil Hospital in Jind, files stolen too. Centre's incharge says, "I'll also check our main store that keeps supply for entire district. I'll also inform officials." pic.twitter.com/QqAZqa23CM

¡ª ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2021

It was also said that the thieves did not even touch other vaccines stored in the same freezer and other valuables including a laptop and Rs 50,000 cash were also left behind.

Though the recovery of the vaccines is good news, it is very likely that they have become useless by now as the vials were to be stored in a freezer.