The authorities of the federal state of Bavaria in Germany announced the postponement of the start of vaccination against COVID-19 in several areas. This was reported by RIA Novosti .
Problems have arisen due to improper transportation of the drug. The vaccine of companies Pfizer / BioNTech can be stored for up to 15 days at minus 70 degrees Celsius, its the maximum shelf life in the refrigerator is five days. Usually, dry ice is used to maintain the required temperature, but in nine districts of Bavaria it was not possible to establish with certainty that this condition was met: during transportation, a temperature of minus one degree was recorded.
Since December 27 in Europe vaccination against coronavirus has begun , residents will receive vaccinations Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain and Italy. At the first stage, each of the countries European Union (EU) will be able to vaccinate less than five thousand people from priority populations. Mass vaccination will not begin until spring.
There are currently several COVID-19 vaccines in the world. Thus, two vaccines are registered in Russia: Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona. On December 5, Moscow started vaccination against coronavirus with Sputnik V. The US and UK also began inoculating the population with Pfizer / BioNTech.