She said two freezers at the University of Regina (U of R) have been emptied out one in its supply management facility and the other in the Research and Innovation Centre. These two freezers can store material at the required –80 C. We ve committed to being available should the space be required, Loos said.
The university says there are not many facilities in the province that have proper freezers, like the one pictured at the U of R, to store the COVID-19 vaccine.(Submitted by Mindy Ellis)
She said the Roy Romanow lab in Regina where the vaccines are currently stored has many storage freezers available, but there is a limit to how many can be stored.