MANILA, Philippines — The country’s airlines gave assurance that they could handle the timely delivery of Covid-19 vaccines, which the government plans to administer to priority beneficiaries later this month.
Most of the vaccines require cold or ultracold storage and have to be delivered within a given time period so as not to lose their effectiveness.
Gilbert Santa Maria, president of Philippine Airlines (PAL), said PAL was the only airline that could fly the vaccines from Europe and the United States to the country, and in large quantities enough to satisfy the maximum safety limits for carriage of the dry ice.
“For example, we can fly from Spain to Cebu to bring Moderna vac…
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