Tractor trailers loaded with suitcase-sized containers of the Govit-19 vaccine will leave Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday morning – launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution program in the United States. Once regulators have approved the vaccine from Lives, Pfizer and partner Bioendech, U.S. marshals will arrive to export it to the final destination from the factory. “We spent many months strategically [federal] The time has come for the authorities and our healthcare clients to implement efficient immunization logistics and planning, ”said Wes Wheeler, head of UPS Healthcare on Saturday. Pfizer’s dry-ice-cooled packages can hold up to 4,875 sizes, with the first leg of their journey from Kalamazoo to nearby flights. Workers will be vaccinated – they must be kept at sub-Arctic temperatures – and will be loaded on a United Parcel Service or on a FedEx air cargo terminal in Louisville, Kentucky, and Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, respectively. From there, the truck or flew to facilities near the 145 U.S. bases allotted to receive the first size they had. UPS and FedEx package delivery drivers, who can carry holiday gifts and other parcels, will hand out several “suitcases” to healthcare providers on Monday. This is the first third of exports expected this week. Healthcare workers and elderly residents in long-term care homes are at the forefront of getting vaccinated. Pfizer’s vaccines have very limited requirements for shipping and storage temperatures, – 70C (-94 ° F). Both companies have expertise in dealing with weak medical products and leave little room for error. They provide temperature and location tracking for backup devices embedded in Pfizer boxes, and monitor each vessel throughout its voyage.
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