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On the 26th, a vehicle transporting the initial quantity of Pfizer vaccine insured through the facilities of COVAX, an international vaccine supply organization, moves into the cargo terminal of Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong Island. A total of 58,500 people came on this day, and the vaccine will be delivered to 5 central and regional vaccination centers bypassing the distribution center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi province. The Pfizer vaccination begins on the 27th, a day later, at the Central Vaccination Center of the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. Yunhap news
At 11:58 am on the 26th, when the first vaccination against coronavirus infectious disease (Corona 19) began in Korea, 58,500 Pfizer-developed vaccines entered Korea for the first time. This is part of the volume (for 10 million people) that the government has decided to supply from the Cobax Facility, an international joint purchasing organization for vaccines.
Korean Air cargo planes carrying Pfizer vaccine departed from Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the 25th (local time). It is a vaccine product produced at the Pfizer plant in Brussels, Belgium. The Pfizer vaccine requires distribution and storage at a cryogenic temperature of -75 degrees Celsius. The vaccine contained in 20 special boxes (660 kg) arrived on Korean soil on the 26th while it was loaded on a cargo ship.
At 12:00 noon, when the plane landed on the runway, the Second Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Son Myung-soo, and the president of the Incheon Airport Corporation, Kim Gyeong-wook, came out to get vaccinated. . Ten minutes later, the main door of the plane was opened first and a container containing the vaccine appeared.
Corona 19 Pfizer vaccine distribution and transportation process. Graphic = Kim Eun-kyo [email protected]
“Slowly and slowly” the gray container at the rear of the plane was first lowered. An official from the airport corporation said: “It is a container that is placed to center the weight and does not tip until the vaccine is first removed.” Subsequently, the staff slowly lowered the vaccine, making several changes of direction.
Four white vaccine containers appeared measuring 1 m wide and 1 m long. On the side, the phrase ‘UPS healthcare covid-19 vaccine transported by Korean air’ was written. Each of them was loaded onto a yellow forklift and moved slowly. Two bodyguards followed him.
Pfizer vaccine (USA). Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]
The vaccine was transferred to the loading terminal and reloaded into the transport vehicle. At 1 pm, while being escorted by military police and patrols, they set off for 5 vaccination centers across the country in Seoul, Yangsan, Gwangju, Daegu and Cheonan.
The Pfizer vaccine, which arrived that day, will be vaccinated for the first time at 9 am on the 27th at the Central Vaccination Center installed at the National Medical Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The first vaccination target is 300 medical staff who treat corona patients19. Quarantine authorities plan to complete vaccinations for all Corona 19 medical staff by March 20.
Reporter Esther [email protected]
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