A healthcare worker holds up a covid Vaccine vial. (Image for representation/AFP)
The move came after Pfizer submitted a request based on its research on the vaccine’s stability under the warmer temperature.
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- Last Updated:February 26, 2021, 07:09 IST
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Frozen vials of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine may be stored at temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
The move loosens a previous requirement that the vaccine should be stored at ultra-low temperatures, between -112 and -76 degrees Fahrenheit (-80 to -60 degrees Celsius).
“The alternative temperature for transportation and storage will help ease the burden of procuring ultra-low cold storage equipment for vaccination sites and should help to get vaccine to more sites,” said Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
The FDA said it would update its fact sheet for health care…