Cold-Chain Freezers Are Ready in Texas

The University Medical Center (UMC) of El Paso, Texas gave the local TV station KFOX14 an inside look on November 26, 2020, at the cold-chain freezers that are required to store certain COVID-19 vaccines, such as the Pfizer - BioNTech’s BNT162 vaccine.

Positioned in UMC's pharmacy, the freezers have emergency power back-up, commented the Director of Pharmacy at UMC Myron Lewis. “The freezer is an ultra-code freezer... 80 degrees centigrade."

The U.S. FDA previously announced the agency has scheduled a vaccine committee review meeting for December 10, 2020, and could issue emergency authorizations for experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidates.