Tripoli’s Medical Supply Agency announced today that they have raised the level of preparedness and are ready to safely store the Coronavirus vaccine at the specified temperature to ensure its safety and effectiveness. The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) earlier today announced that it had delivered four cooling chambers to Medical Supply Agency stores in Tripoli, Benghazi, Sabha and Misrata for the storage of Coronavirus vaccines, which have arrived recently in Libya. Libya recently began receiving its COVAX contracted Covid-19 vaccines, with the delivered doses varying from Russia’s Sputnik V and Oxford’s AstraZeneca. The vaccine with the lowest storage temperature is the one made by Pfizer and BioNtech with a storage temperature of between -80°C and -60°C, making it impossible to receive in Libya due to the country’s climate and lack of resources to store the vaccine at the correct temperatures. Libya’s Prime Minister reassured the public on numerous occasions that Libya will only receive vaccines with an effectiveness of over 90% or more and encouraged the Libyan people to register in the vaccines registry system to receive their shots and begin the country’s inculcation process.

Source: Libya Today April 11, 2021 18:11 UTC