Vaccine flies around the world, here's how it's transported from one part to another by airlines
The year 2020 is coming to an end, it will surely be remembered as one of the most eventful and tough years that the whole world [...]
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The 2020 is about to end, it will surely be remembered as one of the most moved e tough The whole world has faced.
La Covid-19 pandemic has left and is still leaving its mark on the lives of each of us, and it will take time for the world to resume out of this catastrophe. Yet one piece of good news 2020 managed to leave us with, giving hope for recovery in the months ahead: the vaccine.
According to WHO, vaccines developed by major pharmaceutical companies are SAFE, Recently, the EMA also gave the okay to proceed with the distribution in Europe, symbolically December 27 was chosen as "vax day," as were the 27 European member states.
But who will be in charge of the logistics distribution Of the millions of vaccine doses around the world?
That's where the airlines, who have agreed to cooperate in the distribution of the vaccines. This was announced on their social profiles by Delta Airlines, Ethiad, Alaska Airlines and many others.
Ethiad Cargo announced that it has just completed one of the very first shipments of vaccines for Covid-19, thanks to the partnership with the Hope Consortium.
On November 25, in fact, the government of Abu Dhabi launched "The Hope Consortium," an entity that aims to make fast, safe e suit procurement of vaccines around the world, business partner for distribution obviously Ethiad, which successfully completed the shipment of the first 5 million doses, as well as sanitary material basic necessities.
Delta Airlines with its Delta Cargo has also made it known that it is frontline to fight the global pandemic through its shipments of medical supplies.
Now the distribution of the vaccines, starting in Detroit and reaching Atlanta and San Francisco, which will be followed by new routes to cover distribution needs.
Rob Walpole, vice president of Delta Cargo said, "In order to support the effort at distribution, months ago we created our own vaccine task force to understand the shipping requirements and work with health and pharmaceutical experts."
The first expedition to Alaska took place in Juneau with the cooperation of Alaska Airlines which is prepared to meet the need for vaccines for the coming months. Through its partnership with the country's Department of Health and Social Services, it has organized and secured safe travels to ship thousands of doses to health facilities.
Not an easy task, however, given the jagged and peculiar conformation of Alaska, where remote places can only be reached by air or ocean.
"The coming months represent a important challenge for the entire air cargo and logistics industry," says Christian Wyss, head of quality and services at Swiss WorldCargo and head of the Swiss WorldCargo Vaccine Transport Task Force.
Even in Europe, thanks to the Swiss International Airlines, something is moving. The company has let it be known that it is ready to ship vaccines while complying with the strict requirements of vaccine transportation, such as cold chain, timing, and shipment compliance requirements.
"Based on our many years of experience in handling complex pharmaceutical shipments, Swiss WorldCargo is well positioned to support the transport of Covid-19 vaccines inside, outside e through Switzerland to a variety of global destinations."
Also KLM wanted to celebrate this exceptional first shipment with a special installment of his blog. In this video he explained everything that goes on behind the scenes of the vaccine shipment and more.
Singapore Airlines announced that it has transported, aboard one of its 747/400 freighters, Pfizer's first shipment of vaccines to the Asian continent. "We are honored to be part of this important moment in the fight against Covid-19," the company said on its social channels.
With the hope that 2021 will be a year of rebirth, we hope that vaccines will reach wherever they are needed in the world, thanks in part to our beloved airlines.
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