Korona vaksinene - En orientering - Sakset fra Aviation24.be

Vi vet ikke hvilken type vaksine vi vil få til Norge, men her er litt info om de forskjellige typene og transport forøvrig. (Red.) 

Ill.: ICAO

From manufacturer to hospital 

At the manufacturer, the vaccines – or parts of the vaccines, for example, just the needles – go into trucks. They will be driven to the airport and will be loaded onto the plane. The question currently remains: how should the vaccines be transported? It is known for instance that the Pfizer vaccine must be transported at -80 degrees Celsius. For the Moderna vaccine, the temperature should be -20, meanwhile, the University of Oxford vaccine requires transportation at room temperature.

That obviously means transportation needs to be thought through carefully. A temperature of -80 means there should be a lot of dry ice in the container that is being used to transport the vaccines, leaving less room for actual vaccines on the plane. But if a vaccine can be kept at room temperature, it can simply be stored in boxes and on pallets or even on aeroplane seats. Once it arrives at the next airport it can be loaded onto trucks to be taken to local hospitals or Municipal Health Services (GGD).

Better together 
IATA (International Air Transport Organization) has calculated that the distribution of a single dose of vaccines to 7.8 billion citizens of the world requires 8,000 747 cargo aircraft. But several vaccines, including Pfizer’s, require two shots. So you can imagine what an enormous operation this is for air freight. That is why we at Schiphol, together with Air Cargo Nederland and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have started the ‘Vaccines Gateway Netherlands’ task force.