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  • with drugmakers racing to produce coronavirus vaccines, Authorities face a challenge in how to transport them around the world on Mass once they're ready and they'll have to do it while keeping them.

  • But ultra low temperatures here at a large cold storage warehouse at Amsterdam's Skip All Airport Carolyn workers are getting ready for a surgeon vaccine cargoes next year.

  • Skip Eliza, major hub for medical products on its already handled some of the vaccines being used in trials.

  • Paul Krom back is program manager of Air France KLM's cold chain program.

  • The bigger containers can carry up to 30,000 doses of the vaccine.

  • Well, we know that we're going to have to transport a lot of the vaccine, so we do expect a large increase, UH, there.

  • But we have space as you can.

  • Skip Elice, the second biggest hub for pharmaceutical products in Europe.

  • It's expected to be both a staging ground for vaccines from India, Italy or the United States on the departure point for vaccines made in Europe.

  • Marcel Count is Air France KLM cargo pricing and capacity director, so the first ones will probably come in December January and from their own new factions will be approved.

  • The additional capacity that is needed for that is something that we're planning for.

  • So we do expect to be able to handle the additional volumes needed for a vaccine transportation.

  • No vaccine has yet been approved by US or European regulators, but the shot developed by Pfizer and biotech could be ready for rapid production and distribution as early as next month.

  • The Pfizer vaccine will have to be transported at minus 80 C in small cool boxes holding about 5000 doses, which must be kept packed in dry ice until shortly before use.

with drugmakers racing to produce coronavirus vaccines, Authorities face a challenge in how to transport them around the world on Mass once they're ready and they'll have to do it while keeping them.

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