SINGAPORE - Rigorous cold storage requirements for housing Covid-19 vaccines have ignited global demand for specialised freezers as nations gear up for the fight to suppress the virus.
Pfizer plans to supply 50 million doses this year and a further 1.3 billion next year, with 100 million going to the United States, 200 million to the European Union and 40 million to Britain. In the US, with over 260,000 deaths and more than 12.7 million cases, authorities are preparing to ship 6.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by mid-December using special coolers packed with dry ice.
Meanwhile, Germany, which has recorded around 15,000 deaths and over 960,000 cases, plans to set up 60 special vaccination centres equipped with ultra-low-temperature freezers. Logistics companies UPS, FedEx and DHL are also getting ready to handle vaccines that need cold storage. DHL has opened a new cold facility in the US while FedEx has been adding freezers and refrigerated lorries to its fleet.
Unicef has also bought hundreds of millions of syringes ready to be shipped once vaccines are available.
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