Regarding the vaccine for the new coronavirus, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said that all the deployment of the freezer that stores the vaccine at ultra-low temperature was completed for the advance vaccination of medical staff, and he thought that he would hurry to build an inoculation system for the general public. Shown.
The new coronavirus vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer needs to be stored at around minus 75 degrees Celsius, and securing an ultra-low temperature freezer and dry ice is an issue for inoculation.
Regarding this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, "The government has signed a contract to procure a total of 10,000 freezer for storing vaccines from four domestic manufacturers. The freezers required for prior vaccination have been installed in 100 locations. "
After that, "We are proceeding with delivery to vaccination sites nationwide from the 4th of this month. It is scheduled to be completed by the end of June, but we would like to build an early construction of the vaccination system while advancing the schedule. In addition to transportation, in some cases I would like to firmly support dry ice that is used instead of the freezer. "He said that he would hurry to secure and deploy the freezer and dry ice in order to build an inoculation system for the general public.