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‘Very complex’: Coronavirus vaccines are a marvel of science, supply chains – Global News
A marvel of both science and supply-chain heroics takes the vaccine from the factory floor to the arms of grateful patients all over the world.
A single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is barely enough to cover the average pinky nail but is made up of more than 280 components and requires at least three manufacturing plants to produce.
By the time that dose is injected, it has travelled to at least six different cities in four countries, across the Atlantic Ocean twice, and monitored by a 24-hour watchtower in Iceland every step of the way.
A marvel of both science and supply-chain heroics takes the vaccine from the factory floor…
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