Delivery of a coronavirus vaccine worldwide will be "the biggest transport challenge ever", according to the airline industry.
The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) has said the equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be,
needed.
There is no vaccine for Covid 19 yet, but
the IATA is already working with airlines, airports, the World Health
Organization and drug dealers on a global aircraft project.
The distribution program assumes that only
one food is needed’ per person.
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's chief
executive, said: "The delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine will be the mission
of the century for the global aviation cargo industry. But it will not happen
without careful planning. And now is the time. Is."
Although airlines are focusing on
delivering cargo during the worst of passenger flights, the in-flight vaccine
is more complex.
Not all aircraft are suitable for
delivering vaccines because the temperature range for carrying them is between
2 and 8C. Some vaccines may require freezing temperatures that release more
aircraft
Glenn Hughes, head of industry body cargo,
added: "We know the procedure well. We need to measure what we need to
do."
He added that flights to some parts of the
world, including parts of Southeast Asia, would be important because of their
lack of vaccine development capabilities.
Military health related
The IATA says it will now be
"impossible" to distribute a single vaccine across Africa.
Transportation will require "almost
military precision" and cool facilities throughout the network where the
vaccine will be, kept.
Initial development of about 140 vaccines
is underway, and about two dozen people are now being tested’ in clinical
trials.
Is developing an Oxford University that is
already in the advanced stages of testing.
The IATA has urged governments to start
careful planning now to ensure that vaccines are fully ready once they are
approved and available for distribution.
Ensuring that they are handled and
transported at controlled’ temperatures is another issue.
The IATA added that "vaccines will be
a very valuable commodity. Arrangements must be made to ensure that
arrangements are protected from tampering and theft."
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