Coronavirus: Japan starts freezer buying spree; Indonesia bets on Chinese vaccine

Japan said on Thursday it will buy 10,500 deep freezers to store novel coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for the “extraordinary task” of protecting people from the virus, as the capital Tokyo reported a record number of new cases.Japan has agreements to buy a total of 290 million doses of vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna.Pfizer’s vaccines need to be kept at around minus 70 Celsius, and Moderna’s at about minus 20C, posing complex logistics challenges in rolling them out.“An…

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