Pfizer could directly deliver Covid-19 shots to SA vaccination points

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Pfizer said it could deliver its Covid-19 vaccine, which requires ultra-cold temperatures for storage and distribution, directly to points of vaccination in South Africa.

vaccine it planned to use to kick off its immunisation campaign showed greatly reduced efficacy against the Covid-19 virus variant now dominant in the country.“We are enabling direct shipment to the point of vaccination in a thermal shipper that will maintain the ultra-low temperature required for up to 10 days unopened,” Pfizer told Reuters in an e-mailed response to questions late on Tuesday.

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine needs to be stored and distributed at About -70°C, requiring countries importing it to have ultra-cold chain capabilities. That is a potential impediment for countries including some in Africa with weak public health systems. “We have experience in distributing, storing and administering the vaccine in our phase 3 trial sites around the world so we already know that the processes we are using work, and patients are able to be dosed at the points of vaccination,” Pfizer said.

 

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No we dont want it They must pay kickbacks first. We even buy tall trains tht will never work for a kickback and we start buildings we will never finish

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Because South Africa is under BRICS block why not try from brics countries like Russia China etc aboveall this Sputinic has gone globally

mpho_pitsi_SA What of Nigeria?

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