Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has received 300 vaccine
refrigerators funded by the Government of Japan through UNICEF, of
which 100 refrigerators have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City Port and another 200 in
Hai Phong Port, UNICEF Vietnam announced on October 1.
The refrigerators will be delivered to 300 provincial and
district health facilities in Vietnam, where they will store
for vaccination days, it said in a statement. The delivery is a part of
UNICEF’s ongoing support to improve cold chain systems for Vietnam’s COVID-19
vaccination campaign.
The has been supporting Vietnam to
realise children’s rights, especially during emergency situation and crisis.
“This support is aimed at delivering vaccines to each and
every person in all corners of Vietnam, which will complement efforts of the
COVAX Facility,” said Takio Yamada, the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam. “Japan
will continue to extend support to the Vietnamese efforts to deploy vaccines to
every person in the country with a view to containing COVID-19 as quickly as
possible.”
As part of the support to improve the capacity of the health
and immunisation systems to efficiently and effectively administer COVID-19
vaccines, has worked with the Ministry of Health to assess ‘cold chain’
capacity identifying the needs for fridges, freezers, refrigerator trucks and
cold boxes for the safe transportation and storage of vaccines.
“Support from the Government of Japan will help to ensure
the cold chain capacity, which is crucial for the safe rollout of COVID-19
vaccination and for routine immunisation”, said Rana Flowers, UNICEF
Representative.
This shipment brings the specially produced Vaccine
refrigerator TCW 80 AC, manufactured by B Medical in Luxembourg with green
technology for very low power consumption and environmentally sustainability,
which can maintain cold conditions for vaccines that must be stored at a
temperature range of 2˚C to 8˚C, even when power failure occurs for up to 72
hours.
All of the current COVID-19 vaccines administered in Vietnam
require this temperature range at the vaccination sites.
With a storage capacity of 80.5 L, the refrigerators will be
able to store vaccines doses for vaccination days. This model is supplied with
an integrated remote temperature monitoring device with a real-time alert for
the continuous monitoring of sensitive vaccines. In case of a temperature
deviation, it immediately sends a notification to the predefined person(s) in
charge.
The temperature status can also be monitored from a distance
through an online web portal. The delivery came with one set of spare parts for
every ten refrigerators./.
Source: VietnamPlus
