Latest headlines on corona virus vaccinations have raised expectations that soon there will be relief. But with a whole set of supply chain problems on the horizon, the vaccines themselves are just one piece of a much larger puzzle.
On Wednesday, they recommended a corona virus vaccine. Next week it will be rolled out, making the UK. The first nation to start to obtain a leading vaccine. Two corona virus vaccinations in the U.S. are on track for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency authorization, and the first non-trial injections could begin by the end of December.
All of this is good news. But the monumental challenges created by the size of the initiative are becoming increasingly apparent from the freezer boxes that hold the vaccines to the eventual vaccination sites.
"In 2011, the flu vaccine was given to almost 490 million individuals around the world," says Travis McCready, Executive Director, U.S. Life Sciences Markets, and JLL. In the United States alone, we're looking at billions of doses of the corona virus vaccine. How are you really starting to Dubai Developers a product supply chain system that has never existed before? ”
The stages of producing, storing and transporting vaccines
To stay successful, one leading vaccine needs ultra-cold freezers with temperatures at or below -94 degrees Fahrenheit. It is put into vials at the production site, which are then placed in trays. Those trays would go into GPS-tracked cooler boxes to be shipped packed with dry ice.
The vaccine manufacturer needing sub-arctic temperatures has collaborated with two leading distribution service companies to move the cooler boxes to aircraft or directly to vaccination destinations using trucks. These coolers do not need other vaccines without strict temperature requirements, and can be stored in cold storage warehouses.
Cold storage facilities near the vaccination site allow versatility because there is no need to immediately deliver the doses.
The final destination of the vaccine is the hospitals where it will be delivered, clinics and other services. In the United States, state governors decide who receives it first, but it is widely accepted that it will be offered first by the nation's 21 million healthcare staff, as well as the three million elderly Americans living in long-term care homes.