He said that one company based in the U.K., AstraZeneca, can commit to supply up to 20 million vaccines. The Philippines has had more than 420,000 confirmed cases, the second-most in Southeast Asia behind Indonesia, and 8,173 deaths. Modi’s meeting Tuesday with heads of the states comes at a time when India’s cases have soared past 9.18 million. But state-run cold storage facilities used to keep vaccines refrigerated are inadequate for the enormous challenge of distributing a COVID-19 vaccine. To address the issue, the government is augmenting cold storage facilities and transport systems for vaccines.

Source: Daily Sun November 24, 2020 07:18 UTC