Storage freezers could serve as a hub for Arizona s immunization efforts
TUCSON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The University of Arizona announced Friday it has completed work on an ultra-cold storage facility that could hold more than 1.6 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
One of the freezers UofA will use to hold coronavirus vaccines
The so-called Freezer Farm includes eight freezers to accomodate both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Seven of the freezers operate at minus 80 degrees Celsius (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit). They re designed to hold the Pfizer vaccine. The other can provide storage at minus 20 C (minus 4 F), the temperature needed to preserve the Moderna vaccine. Two additional minus 20 C freezers are on the way.
Storage freezers could serve as a hub for Arizona s immunization efforts
TUCSON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The University of Arizona announced Friday it has completed work on an ultra-cold storage facility that could hold more than 1.6 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
One of the freezers UofA will use to hold coronavirus vaccines
The so-called Freezer Farm includes eight freezers to accomodate both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Seven of the freezers operate at minus 80 degrees Celsius (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit). They re designed to hold the Pfizer vaccine. The other can provide storage at minus 20 C (minus 4 F), the temperature needed to preserve the Moderna vaccine. Two additional minus 20 C freezers are on the way.
Chris Richards/University of Arizona
An ultracold storage facility capable of storing more than 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been completed at the University of Arizona.
The so-called freezer farm includes eight storage freezers to accommodate the first vaccines expected to be available in the U.S. – the Pfizer vaccine, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on on Dec. 11, and another candidate produced by Moderna. Seven of the freezers are ultracold freezers that operate at minus 80 degrees Celsius (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit), and the other one can provide storage at minus 20 C (minus 4 F). Two additional minus 20 C freezers are on the way.