Colombia. The city of Medellín has already confirmed that they have at least five deep freezers that will house around 240,000 doses of vaccines when they arrive in the city and the region. This was confirmed by the National University of Colombia.
Haier brand deep freezers have a cooling capacity of up to -70 degrees. The Colombian government said it will begin its vaccination plan from February, although the exact date has not been revealed.
A total of 80 different coronavirus vaccines are currently being developed worldwide, of which 18 have entered phase III clinical trials, and 7 have passed government regulatory approvals to go to market; for example, the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed in many regions of the world, and the Moderna vaccine is also approved for the market in the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
According to an analysis by Haier Biomedical, at present, the storage requirements of the Covid-19 vaccine mainly cover three temperature zones: 2-8 °C, -20 °C and -70 °C. For different types of vaccines. This coverage of various temperature zones and transport solutions perfectly solves any transport, storage, management and vaccination problems, guaranteeing the safety of the vaccine throughout the process.
Market access for vaccines is only the starting point for large-scale vaccination programmes. During the process of production, storage, transportation, distribution and vaccination, there are still many challenges. For example, inadequate storage and transportation of vaccines is likely to lead to vaccine inactivation, especially when faced with massive vaccine transportation and management and unprecedented regional distribution spanning almost the entire world. The current situation poses greater requirements for the stability of storage equipment and the efficiency of vaccine cold chain equipment.
Source: Haier Biomedical.
Photo: National University of Colombia - Medellín Campus.
