Two thousand Sputnik V vaccines, which arrived in Montenegro last night, are kept in freezers at minus 20 degrees, and will be delivered to health institutions according to the plan of the Institute for Public Health, said the head of the Montefarma warehouse service, Vera Dabanović.
A contingent of two thousand Sputnik V vaccines donated by Serbia arrived in Montenegro last night, and Prime Minister Ana Brnabić arrived in Podgorica and was welcomed at the airport by Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić, members of his cabinet and Minister of Health Jelena Borovinić Bojović.
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Dabanović, in a statement for the PR Center, clarified that the Sputnik V vaccine, which arrived in Montenegro last night, component 1, is intended exclusively for vaccination, not for revaccination.
She explained that the vaccine is specific when it comes to transportation and storage
"The Sputnik V vaccine must be stored at minus 20 degrees. Our vehicle with thermo king was taken from the airport in the cold chain and is placed in freezers that are at minus 20 degrees," Dabanović said.
In order for the Sputnik V vaccine to show maximum effectiveness, it must be frozen from the moment of production and must be used a maximum of two hours after thawing.
"Our institution is responsible for the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine. To make sure that she had that temperature continuously, we read the loggers and found that she was constantly in a temperature regime of minus 19 to minus 21 degrees," Dabanović said.
The Public Health Institute is responsible for the vaccine distribution plan, and as soon as the schedule arrives, "we will be able to cover all the health facilities to which the vaccine is intended within a day."
As for other vaccines against the coronavirus, as stated by Dabanović, the Chinese vaccine and the one manufactured by Astra Zeneka are stored at a temperature of plus two to plus eight degrees.
"We have two cold chambers and have provided absolutely all conditions for the safe storage and transport of these vaccines. The Pfizer vaccine is stored at a temperature of minus 70 degrees. During this week, two freezers with deep freezing will arrive, so we will be absolutely ready even if this vaccine arrives," said Dabanović.
When it comes to other consumables for vaccination, Montefarm, as she said, provided the necessary quantities of needles and syringes to start vaccination.
The Montenegrin Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices (CINMED) has issued approval for the import of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.
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