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BISHKEK (Sputnik) – Kyrgyzstan doesn’t intend to take the cargo of the Pfizer vaccine in opposition to COVID-19, because the nation lacks the acceptable fridges to retailer the vaccine, Kyrgyz Well being Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev mentioned on Tuesday.
“We have been provided the US Pfizer vaccine. Nevertheless, the vaccine should be stored in a freezer at minus 70 levels Celcius (minus 94 F). We have been provided greater than 1,000,000 doses freed from cost. However to retailer the vaccine, we want particular fridges. However we would not have such fridges,” Beishenaliev mentioned.
In line with the minister, one fridge able to sustaining the wanted temperature prices about $4,000. One other $2 million is required to retailer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, he added.