The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has passed rigorous safety tests in record time but requires storage at between -70C and -80C so needs to be stored in specialist facilities. Images from Public Health England (PHE), taken at a secure location, show a row of freezers which can each hold more than 80,000 doses. PHE says it has secured 58 of the Twin Guard units across the UK with a total capacity for five million doses. The nation is also set to get five million doses of the Moderna vaccine which studies show is 94.5% effective and will be in the country by spring. Due to complexity involved in transporting and storing doses the vaccine will first be administered from hospital facilities.

Source: Daily Mirror December 06, 2020 00:01 UTC