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From the SMH
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be moved around Australia in specialised Eskies as part of a global distribution deal the government has secured with the pharmaceutical company.
Health Minister Greg Hunt also stressed Australia would need a "variety of vaccines" to ensure the country had the best coverage possible.
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is mRNA-based, and requires ultra-low storage temperatures of minus 70 degrees.
No mRNA vaccine has been produced or distributed for widespread human use before. On Tuesday, experts said developing specialised global distribution could prove difficult.
Adjunct Professor John Skerritt, head of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, said Pfizer had done some "really clever work" to figure out how to distribute that vaccine.
"They're very sophisticated Eskies, which require dry ice, which can last for 14 days and be refilled twice," he said on Wednesday.
"Without the need to connect to electricity, these Eskies, with two refills, give you a month-and-a-half of cold chain protection."
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