South Korea to boost COVID-19 vaccine air transport by easing dry ice rules


  • World
  • Tuesday, 08 Dec 2020

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea more than tripled the number of coronavirus vaccine containers aircraft can carry by easing limits on dry ice needed to keep them cold, the country's deputy minister for aviation told Reuters on Tuesday.

South Korea said on Tuesday it signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year, including from AstraZeneca Plc, Pfizer Inc, and Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen.

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