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The medical director of Pfizer Portugal, Susana Castro Marques, points out, in an interview with RTP, that the Covid-19 vaccine may arrive in Portugal three after the approval of the European Medicines Agency, which should take place on December 29. .
“What we have estimated is that, as soon as the vaccine is approved and knowing what the vaccination points will be, where we have to deliver the vaccines, in a maximum of three days, we will have the vaccines in the designated places,” said the official.
This head of Pfizer Portugal assures that the pharmaceutical company will be in charge of transporting the vaccines from the factory to the vaccination sites indicated by the Portuguese authorities, and this process will be carried out using thermal boxes that guarantee the required temperature of the vaccine: 70 degrees. negative.
The UK Medicines Regulatory Authority (MHRA) today authorized the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, the BBC said.
The first vaccines will begin to be administered early next week to the highest risk groups, and the general population will begin to be vaccinated later. At the top of the list are older people living in households and employees, followed by people over 80 and other health and social workers.
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