Pfizer has designed special shipping containers filled with dry ice to keep the vaccine from spoiling while in transit. Shots can be kept in an ultra-low temperature freezer for up to six months, or for five days at 2C to 8C – a type of refrigeration commonly available at hospitals. Besides Lichtenfels, the northern Bavarian cities of Coburg, Kronach, Kulmbach, Hof, Bayreuth and Wunsiedel also held off from inoculating people after uncertainty arose about whether the cold chain had been maintained. Safety and conscientious work for the benefit of the population has the highest priority", said Oliver Baer, district administrator of the district of Hof. Vaccinations will be free and available to everyone from mid-2021 once the priority groups are expected to have finished being inoculated.

Source: bd News24 December 27, 2020 13:41 UTC