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Trucks loaded with Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccines leave the pharmaceutical facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday morning (local time), departing for the largest and most complex vaccine distribution business in the United States.
US regulators have approved the emergency use of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, and federal judicial police will escort shipments from the factory to their final destination under strict security measures.
“We’ve been talking for months with Operation Warp Speed officials and our healthcare clients about effective vaccination support, and it’s time to implement the plan,” said Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, on Saturday. .
Pfizer’s packages, with dry ice to maintain the proper temperature, contain up to 4,875 doses and during the first leg of their journey they will be transported from kalamazoo to planes.
Workers will load the vaccines onto planes, which will be delivered to United Parcel Service or FedEx air cargo centers in Louisville, Kentucky and Memphis, Tennessee, respectively.
From there they will be transported by truck or air to facilities close to 145 points in the USA, where they are expected to receive the first installments.
UPS and FedEx distributors, who can also carry Christmas gifts and other packages, will deliver many of the vaccine “bags” to health personnel tomorrow Monday. This load is the first of three planned for this week.
Healthcare workers and elderly guests in nursing homes will be the first to be vaccinated.
The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine must be transported and stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius.
UPS and FedEx give vaccines top priority, making room for them on planes and trucks at a time when the pandemic and e-commerce associated with the Christmas holidays are creating more transportation demand than transportation companies can handle. .
Both companies are experienced in managing sensitive medical products and will monitor each shipment throughout its journey.
According to Reuters
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