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Wondairlejen said that the first batch of the vaccine will be delivered from Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Belgium in the coming days. And vaccination will begin on December 27, 2020, while the EMA will release the results of Moderna’s vaccine evaluation on January 6, 2021.
The European Union has already placed 300 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, enough for 150 million of the 448 million inhabitants of the EU, who are at risk of receiving the first and two injections 21 days apart. Immunity to COVID-19 in the body, but the effectiveness of the vaccine is maximized within 7 days after receiving the second dose.
However, the biggest challenge for the EU after this is how to distribute the vaccine. Because Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored at a temperature of -70 degrees Celsius, rigid cabinets generally cannot. And they last only 5 days in addition, the vaccine must also be diluted to inject. Which, diluted, must be used within 6 hours, otherwise it must be discarded
