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– It’s exciting and great. It holds promise for future handling of the pandemic, FHI Director Camilla Stoltenberg tells NRK when she sees the vaccine truck pass Ullevål hospital.
There is a big press campaign outside the Oslo hospital, where the transport is expected to arrive with the first doses.
Filming or showing where the transport will take place is not allowed, as the vaccines must be stored in a secret place for security reasons.
Stoltenberg emphasizes that the crisis is far from over and that in the future there will still be many challenges regarding the infection situation.
– The restrictions will last a while longer, but this is the beginning of the exit, he says.
The around 10,000 doses have been shipped from Pfizer’s factory in Belgium. The company together with Biontech has developed the vaccine, which has the name BNT162b2.
– This is definitely an anniversary for Pfizer. The shipment arriving here today means we are one step closer to winning the battle against the virus, Pfizer Norway CEO Sissel Andresen tells NRK.
The first installment is divided into seven municipalities: Oslo, Ringsaker, Hamar, Stange, Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad and Hvaler.
– They should be stored at minus 70 degrees, and they come in specially adapted boxes with dry ice that ensure to keep the temperature low. There are transmitters in the boxes that allow us to monitor the temperature throughout the shipment. Then it will go directly to the deep freezers that the Norwegian authorities have prepared at the different vaccination sites, says Andresen.
– Relief
The HF hospital pharmacies receive the vaccine, they ensure that quality is maintained from the place of production to the individual hospital or municipality that will have the vaccine.
– It is a fairly advanced logistics process as long as the vaccine must be stored at minus 70 degrees, and eventually there will be enough vaccines, says CEO Tore Prestegard, who ensures that they have more than enough capacity to store all the vaccines that come. .
Southeast Health Director Cathrine M. Lofthus says it has been a very demanding and special year for the health service.
– The fact that we have reached the point where we can start vaccinating is very positive, he says on Saturday morning.
She notes that vaccinating everyone will take time and that it will be exciting to see what effect the Christmas celebration has on the infection.
– We think we have to wait a little longer, but it is a relief that the vaccines are now in Norway, says Lofthus.
New doses on the way
The Pfizer vaccine received the green light from the EU Medicines Agency EMA on Monday and is therefore also approved for use in Norway.
In total, just under 35,000 doses will arrive in Norway before the New Year. Thereafter, there will be weekly deliveries of approximately 40,000 doses. The next delivery to Norway is December 28.
– Now our factories are booming. They produce at full capacity. We hope to be able to administer around 40,000 doses in the coming weeks, says Andresen.
The nursing home service in Oslo will begin vaccinating residents of nursing homes in the capital on December 28.
All people who receive the covid-19 vaccine must be vaccinated again after three weeks. Then it takes another week before the vaccine takes effect.
