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Kuwait City, 17th November 2020: Kuwaiti Firm in Talks to Distribute Vaccines in Emerging Markets, iiQ8 Kuwait’s Agility Public Warehousing Co. is in close discussions with producers of Covid-19 vaccines and governments to help distribute the shots when they become available. The logistics company has infrastructure in place in more than 120 countries and “an unmatched capability” to distribute vaccines, especially in emerging markets, Chief Executive Officer Tarek Sultan said in an interview. “We have physical infrastructure, cold storage capability, and boots on the ground in places that are difficult to operate in.” Progress toward creating vaccines against Covid-19 has accelerated this month, with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE saying their shot prevented more than 90% of symptomatic infections in a trial. Still, hurdles for production and development remain before vaccines could reach widespread use. The Pfizer vaccine, for instance, must be kept frozen at an u…

Kuwait City, 17th November 2020: Kuwait to import COVID-19 vaccine in private planes, iiQ8 Once they arrive in Kuwait they will be transferred to refrigerated containers As Kuwait waits for the Pfizer vaccine to be approved, health officials are starting to map out how the vaccine will be imported into Kuwait given that it needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius. The Ministry of Health stated that it is fully prepared to import any vaccine in accordance with the regulatory procedures put in place to ensure the safety of the vaccine, Al Qabas reported A health source told Al Qabas that the vaccine will be transported in private planes that are equipped with cooling storages. Then once they arrive in Kuwait they will be transferred to refrigerated containers, in the Ministry’s warehouse in Sabhan, where they were being stored in a temperature controlled environment. Public hospitals and administrative health centers will also be equipped with refrigerated s…