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QC gov’t to use warehouse for ultra-cold storage of vaccines
The Quezon City government has secured a private warehouse for the ultra-cold storage of COVID-19 vaccines that require sub-zero temperatures, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
This facility will be used to store vaccines upon arrival from the airport.
From the central warehouse, vaccines will be transported to various inoculation sites within Quezon City.
The transport process will include tagging and continuous monitoring of vaccine temperatures to ensure their integrity.
Vaccination sites will also monitor vaccine barcodes to match them with the intended recipients.
Refrigerated trucks may be utilized for the transportation of vaccines to the vaccination sites.
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