17 Dec 2020

Pacific nations lacking cold storage for Covid-19 vaccines

From Checkpoint, 6:24 pm on 17 December 2020

The Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled out in the Northern Marianas this weekend, but other Pacific countries still lack the ultra cold facilities to store it.

The vaccine which has been approved in the UK and the US must be stored at minus 70C - adding an extra layer of complication.

Sela Jane Hopgood has more.