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United Airlines began operating charter flights on Friday to transport doses of the covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech for rapid distribution as soon as regulators can approve the drug.
The news is advanced by “The Wall Street Journal”, which quotes people “familiar with the story.”
According to the US publication, the third largest airline in the United States “started on Friday [hoje] to operate charter flights to place doses of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine for rapid distribution, if the injections have been approved by the country’s regulators, that is, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
United Airlines intends to operate flights between Brussels, Belgium and Chicago, in the United States of America (USA), to support the distribution of this drug, which is being produced, in particular, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and in the Belgian town of Puurs.
The North American pharmaceutical company and the German partner BioNTech last week requested the emergency authorization of the North American regulator, in order to start the distribution of the vaccine. This emergency authorization allows several steps in the approval process to be taken, taking into account the global pandemic, which is hitting the US population in particular.
This vaccine, in addition to being one of the most advanced clinical trials, has shown to date 95% effectiveness.
The expectation is to begin mass distribution from December.
In parallel, the vaccine is also pending approval in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and even the European Union.
The goal is to manufacture 50 million doses for global distribution by the end of December and increase production to 1.3 billion in 2021.
The covid-19 pandemic caused at least 1,433,378 deaths as a result of more than 60.9 million cases of infection worldwide.
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