In the US, a tornado destroyed a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant

As many as 50 thousand pallets with miracle vaccines were scattered around the district.

In North Carolina, a tornado destroyed the plant of the world's largest pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The hurricane was so powerful that it almost flattened several large buildings and scattered huge trucks around the district, blocking the highway between the two states. The roof of the Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount was crumpled like a sheet of paper, and the building itself was flattened.

Representatives of the company said that the workers of the plant were not injured, but the elements destroyed more than 50,000 pallets of medicines that were being prepared for transportation.

According to American meteorologists, the tornado was moving at a speed of 217 km / h, he was assigned the rank of EF-2.

A total of 13 people were injured in Nash County, where the tornado passed. In nearby Edgecomb, three people were injured, two of them life-threatening.

As for the plant, it will be quickly rebuilt. The company has money. At the end of last month, it became known that the EU countries signed an agreement with Pfizer to reserve 325 million vaccines in case of a new pandemic.