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Added on the 30/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
The Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines must both be kept in extremely cold conditions. This necessitates the use of dry ice to deliver and store the vaccines, says Business Insider. Dry ice is also heavily used in the cheese-making industry where dairy cultures must be kept cold. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has announced that he would be appropriating up to $3.25 million. These millions are in funding from the CARES Act to support the state's nine ethanol plants.
People are vaccinated at a drive-through center at the Bonilla Stadium, in the Miraflores district of Lima, as Latin America's Covid-19 death toll is set to hit 1 million. IMAGES
Banda Aceh, May 18 (EFE/EPA).- Oxygen refilling stations in Indonesian city of Banda Aceh experienced an increase in oxygen demand from the local hospital by 30 percent amid increasing COVID-19 cases in the city. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: WORKERS FILL OXYGEN CYLINDERS AT AN OXYGEN REFILLING STATION IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Brussels, Apr 7 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leopoldo Rodríguez) Several organizations gathered Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the European institutions in Brussels to demand, on the ocassion of the World Health Day, the lifting of patents of vaccines against Covid-19 by pharmaceutical companies that, according to protesters, generates an unequal distribution in access among countries.FOOTAGE OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) TO DEMAND THE LIFTING OF THE PATENTS OF THE VACCINES AGAINST COVID-19 BY THE PHARMACEUTICALS. SOUNDBITES OF RICARDO PETRELLA.
People are seen entering the Javits Center, in New York, where a vaccination site has been set up. The United States is on the brink of 500,000 Covid-related deaths on Monday, while the vaccination rollout is picking up pace globally including with the first shots in Australia. IMAGES