Chinanews, April 12, according to the official WeChat news of the Ministry of Transport, a few days ago, six departments and units including the Ministry of Transport and the National Health Commission jointly issued a notice to further organize the transportation of the new coronavirus vaccine and provide service guarantees.
The notice clearly stated that in compliance with the local epidemic prevention and control requirements, legal vaccine cargo road transport vehicles holding uniform coded dispatch orders will be exempted from vehicle tolls, and local transportation authorities and public security inspection stations must pass through vehicles Provide necessary service guarantees in terms of personnel rest, etc., and shall not be intercepted and detained at will.
The picture shows the new coronary pneumonia vaccine taken in the workshop of Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Company on January 6, 2021.
(Information Picture) Photo by Hou Yu, a reporter from China News Agency
The notice requires that local transportation authorities, in conjunction with local health, drug supervision and other departments, promote key pharmaceutical cold chain road transportation companies to actively form a transportation organization with smooth docking, close contact, and matching supply and demand with key vaccine manufacturers and disease prevention and control institutions. Coordination mechanism; in conjunction with railway, civil aviation and other departments to guide vaccine cold chain logistics backbone enterprises, further expand the transportation service network, increase service coverage in the central and western regions; study and improve the road-rail, public-air combined transportation, and the Strait and other waters vaccine transportation vehicles Measures to give full play to the combined efficiency of multimodal transportation and improve comprehensive transportation support capabilities.
At the same time, the notice clarified that pharmaceutical cold-chain road transport companies, railway transport companies, and airport companies must respond to transportation needs in a timely manner and do their best to ensure vaccine cargo transportation services.
The notice clearly stated that, in compliance with the local epidemic prevention and control requirements, legal vaccine cargo road transport vehicles holding uniform coded consignment orders will be exempted from vehicle tolls, and local transportation authorities and public security inspection stations must pass through vehicles Provide necessary service guarantees in terms of personnel rest, etc., and shall not arbitrarily intercept and seize; local health and health departments shall instruct the disease prevention and control center to strengthen communication and cooperation with delivery units, and actively adopt unified delivery, night delivery and other transportation organization modes to improve delivery Efficiency; local public security traffic management departments should optimize vaccine delivery control measures, and minimize traffic restrictions on the premise of ensuring the safety and smoothness of urban road traffic; for vaccine delivery vehicles that apply for passage during restricted time periods or road sections, they should issue permits or passes in a timely manner Code to provide convenience for vaccine delivery vehicles.
The notice requires that local drug regulatory authorities, together with health and other departments, urge vaccine marketing license holders, manufacturers and distribution units to strictly abide by laws, regulations and standards, implement quality management responsibilities, and conduct information traceability of domestic vaccine preparations. Ensure that the entire process of vaccine road transportation is in a prescribed temperature environment, and strictly implement the requirements of vaccine delivery units not to subcontract transportation at will. At the same time, all relevant departments shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, supervise and guide vaccine cargo road transportation companies and distribution units to strengthen the safety education of transportation personnel, improve emergency response plans, strengthen transportation process supervision, and prevent hidden risks in the transportation process to prevent out-of-control during transportation; Supervise the transportation process to ensure that drivers and escorts do not open the box randomly during transportation, and prevent unrelated personnel from contacting the vaccine cargo; for accidents or emergencies that may occur during transportation, improve emergency response plans and establish a coordination mechanism to ensure timely response , Information is unblocked, and disposal is effective.