From RNZNine days shy of a year since the country's first confirmed case, the first Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand will be given today. Temperatures will be rigidly controlled in ultra-low temperature freezers used to store the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The first batch of 650,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine being offloaded at Auckalnd International Airport on February 15. A first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 being administered at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle. An ultra-low temperature freezer used to store the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 18, 2021 17:15 UTC