On the 10th, the ultra-low temperature freezer required for vaccine storage arrived at a hospital in Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, for vaccination with the new coronavirus, and was opened to the press.
Vaccination of the new coronavirus is expected to start after mid-March, giving priority to about 38,000 medical workers in Tokushima Prefecture, and the "ultra-low temperature freezer" necessary for vaccination will be delivered to medical institutions from the 10th. It started with.
Of these, at the Tokushima Red Cross Hospital in Komatsushima City, it was revealed to the press that a truck with a freezer arrived at around noon and was opened from the cardboard.
This freezer is made by "Nippon Freezer" and has a width of 56 cm and a height of 89 cm, which means that it can store 9750 vaccines at an ultra-low temperature of minus 75 degrees Celsius.
According to the prefecture, about 70 units of this ultra-low temperature freezer are scheduled to reach the prefecture by June, and 13 units will be deployed at 12 medical institutions that will be the bases for vaccine storage and inoculation this month.
Tamaki Noguchi, chief of the Health Promotion Division of the Prefectural Health and Welfare Department, said, "I feel that vaccination is finally approaching. I would like to continue to promote the introduction in cooperation with related organizations."