Pfizer has given us very strict requirements around the storage and transportation of their vaccine, said Reimer. If we choose to move it, despite their recommendations not to, they have given some guidance about how to do that in the most safe ways.
Margaret Watson, 94, a resident at Oakview Place long-term care residence, smiles after getting her COVID-19 vaccine at the Winnipeg care home on Monday.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Once the vaccine is thawed, it can be stored in a refrigerator for approximately five days. Once it has been diluted, it has about six hours before it must be injected into someone s arm before it is wasted, according to Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer.