{"id":125732,"date":"2021-05-20T00:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125732"},"modified":"2021-05-20T00:57:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:57:58","slug":"pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-can-be-stored-in-refrigerator-for-a-month-u-s-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-can-be-stored-in-refrigerator-for-a-month-u-s-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can be stored in refrigerator for a month, U.S. says"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: A supply of Pfizer&#8217;s vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen at Dekalb Pediatric Center, after it is authorized in Georgia for ages over 12 years, in Decatur, Georgia, U.S. May 11, 2021.   REUTERS\/Chris Aluka Berry<\/figcaption><p>(Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized storage of Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine at standard freezer temperatures for up to one month, in an effort to make the vaccine more widely available.<\/p>\n<p>Unopened, thawed vials of the vaccine can be stored in a refrigerator at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for up to a month, up from a previous maximum limit of five days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis change should make this vaccine more widely available to the American public by facilitating the ability of vaccine providers, such as community doctors\u2019 offices, to receive, store and administer the vaccine,\u201d said Peter Marks, director of FDA\u2019s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.<\/p>\n<p>The change is especially important for global and remote U.S. facilities that have poor transport and storage infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the U.S. health agency approved the storage and transportation of the vaccine at standard freezer temperatures for up to two weeks instead of ultra-cold conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Health Canada said it had approved storage of the vaccine at standard refrigerated temperatures for up to a month, to allow for more flexibility in distribution plans.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine was granted emergency use authorization in December with a label requiring it be stored at temperatures between -80\u00baC and -60\u00baC (-112\u00baF to -76\u00baF), meaning it had to be shipped in specially designed containers.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine\/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-can-be-stored-in-refrigerator-for-a-month-u-s-says-idUSKCN2D100I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: A supply of Pfizer&#8217;s vaccine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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