Singapore can ensure Covid-19 vaccine cold chain remains intact: Experts


Cargo containing pharmaceuticals, with a thermal blanket to maintain low temperatures, being loaded up a Singapore Airlines plane on Dec 5, 2020.- ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A critical part in the distribution of the temperature-sensitive Covid-19 vaccines, made by Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech, is to ensure a specified temperature range is maintained.

In Singapore, stringent checks are in place that ensure the cold chain for these vaccines is not compromised and that the vaccines remain safe and effective, experts said on Thursday (Dec 17) during a Straits Times webinar on Covid-19 vaccination.

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