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Japan to buy 10500 freezers for coronavirus vaccines, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
It is also considering buying dry ice in bulk. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan said on Thursday (Dec 10) it will buy 10,500 deep freezers to store novel coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for the extraordinary task of protecting its people, while the capital, Tokyo, reported a record number of new infections.
Japan, with a population of 126 million, has agreements to buy a total of 290 million doses of vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna, or enough for 145 million people.
Pfizer’s vaccines need to be kept at around minus 75 deg C, and Moderna’s…
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