Concerns raised over vaccine transport difficulties in Lincolnshire
It's because the jab needs to be kept at -70 degrees
Last updated 4th Dec 2020
The sparse nature of Lincolnshire has raised concerns about the transportaion and storage of the Pfizer/BionTech coronavirus vaccine.
The jab needs to be kept at very low temperatures and with the county being so spread out, concerns have been raised.
Colin Butter, an associate professor at the University of Lincoln, thinks this particular vaccine raises challenges.
He says, "It may be difficult to get this kind of -70 storage requirement at all nursing homes, for example"
"But there are more vaccines on the way"
"Once the Oxford vaccine, for example, is approved, that's a very different beast."
"The Oxford vaccine can be distributed and stored at normal cold temperatures,"