Mascot Fukuppy approves of Japan buying 10,500 extra ultra-low temp freezers for the coronavirus vaccine.
Japan plans vaccine freezer buying binge as Tokyo reports record cases
reuters.com | 2020 Dec. 10 | 08:45 pm JST
Japan will buy 10,500 deep freezers to store novel coronavirus vaccines and is considering purchasing dry ice in bulk as it prepares to protect its population from the virus, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
Japan has agreements to buy a total of 290 million doses of the vaccines from Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc, or enough for 145 million people if everyone gets two shots as required.
Pfizer's vaccines need to be kept at around minus 75 Celsius, and Moderna's at about minus 20 C, posing logistics problems.
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FUKUPPY has been in Witness Protection as Galileii Corp. for several years now. For the rest-of-the-story, refer the previous thread: Fukuppy: new mascot for Fukushima! (company, not prefecture)
