3 billion people might not have access to the COVID-19 vaccine due to storage challenges
3 billion people might not have access to the COVID-19 vaccine due to storage challenges
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The coronavirus vaccine needs non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. Inspite of the enormous effects in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain,” it is estimated that nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion are surviving in a country where temperature-controlled storage is insufficient for an immunization roll out to bring COVID-19 under control. This results in Poor people around the world,  the hardest hit by the virus pandemic will be last to recover from it, vaccination will be delayed for them. 

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Even the richest of countries will feel little tough to maintain the cold chain for coronavirus vaccines. Ultracold temperatures of around minus 70 degrees Celsius (minus 94 F) is needed. A nurse in Africa has said after the refrigerator broke, the clinic could no longer keep vaccines against tetanus, yellow fever, tuberculosis and other common diseases on site. She use to carry vials in her motor cycle and take to the patients. The coronavirus inoculation program will be the most challenging in those part of the world. To maintain the cold chain in the developing nations, various international organizations are overseeing the installation of tens of thousands of solar-powered vaccine refrigerators. Maintaining the vaccines at stable temperatures from the time they are made until they are given to patients requires mobile refrigeration, reliable electricity, sound roads and, above all, advance planning.

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The World Health Organization, UNICEF, various pharma companies are planning different programs like coax initiative are adopted. The countries and organization has to work on storage facilities so that no vaccine gets wasted and all the needy gets benefited. 

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