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  • It's a conundrum facing the world and particularly felt on the African continent how to transport vaccines at ultra cold temperatures.

  • And on Monday, South African natural gas and helium producer Ray Nagin launched its answer.

  • Cryovac is a prototype mobile freezer that uses liquid helium when transporting by air and liquid nitrogen for roads.

  • It has a temperature range of eight degrees Celsius down to minus 150 degrees.

  • Install vaccines for up to 30 days without the need for any power supply rendition CEO Stefano Mirani It makes this the ideal solution for the emerging markets, where it's difficult to get vaccines into really rural remote areas, which also typically tend to have a very high ambient temperature.

  • So you're gonna struggle with traditional methods like dry ice.

  • Cold chain storage is required for vaccines such as the fighter and Byron Tech shot a vaccine from AstraZeneca, which can be stored.

  • It's standard refrigerator temperatures has been seen as better suited for African health systems.

  • However, trial results recently showed that it only offers minimal protection against mild to moderate infection by a variant that has been dominating in South Africa and has spread to nine other countries today.

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  • O has said the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective and should still be used in countries even where the variant is circulating.

  • Nevertheless, some have been looking at other options.

  • Maroni said religion was ready to start production of their unit in the next few days and had received interest and requests from all over the world.

It's a conundrum facing the world and particularly felt on the African continent how to transport vaccines at ultra cold temperatures.

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