Jeg ser uten videre at frakt av medisiner som må fryses ned til -75 grader kan skape problemer. Nå gjelder dette kun èn av flere typer vaksiner, men allikevel..... Her er det snakk om tørris vil jeg tro. (Red.)
FAA supports first
'mass air shipment' of Covid-19 vaccine
(CNN)The Federal
Aviation Administration says it has supported "the first mass air
shipment" of a Covid-19 vaccine.
"As a result of
the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and
careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air
shipment of a vaccine," the agency said in a statement Friday.
The FAA said it
established a Covid-19 air transport team in October "to ensure safe,
expeditious, and efficient transportation of vaccines."
It said that several
vaccines needed to be transported with dry ice and it was working with
manufacturers, air carriers and airports to provide guidance on regulations
to safely transport large quantities of the hazardous substance in air
cargo.
Pfizer's Covid
vaccine, for example, requires large amounts of dry ice to keep it at
approximately negative 75 degrees Celsius.
"In addition to
mitigating safety risks related to the safe transport of vaccines, the FAA
is ensuring around-the-clock air traffic services to keep air cargo moving
and prioritizing flights carrying cargo, such as vaccines, and personnel
critical to the nation's response to and recovery from Covid-19,"
Friday's FAA statement reads.
Advisers to the US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday called an emergency
meeting for Tuesday to vote on who they recommend should be the first to
get a coronavirus vaccine once one is authorized.
The CDC's Advisory
Committee for Immunization Practices wants to have advice out to the public
ahead of any decision from the US Food and Drug Administration about
emergency authorization of a vaccine, ACIP chair Dr. Jose Romero told CNN.
Pfizer has applied
to the FDA for EUA for its vaccine and biotech company Moderna is expected
to do so soon.
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