Pfizer's “Vaxin can be held a month in the fridge”

According to previous instructions, this vaccine was to be preserved at a very low temperature, ranging from minus 70 to minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit [- 80 ° C] to a few days before it was used when it could be placed in a standard refrigerator.

However, the European regulator, through a statement, said it has extended the conservation period for unopened bottles of vaccines, when they are kept at temperatures of between 2 and 8 degrees, from five days to a month, writes ITV, broadcast the Express newspaper.

“The amendment approved after the assessment of additional sustainability study data delivered to the European Drug Agency by marketing license owner”, the statement said.

Otherwise, the German company BioNTech said last week that there is no evidence that its vaccine needs to be updated to protect people against the variants of the coronary.

The government of Great Britain has ordered 60 million additional doses of this vaccine as part of plans to expand the vaccine programme in the fall of this year.