More COVID vaccine should soon be available in South Monterey County, a region heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and challenging logistics of storing the vaccine.
Mee Memorial Hospital has received an ultra-cold freezer desperately needed to hold thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine, thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Barbara Meister, director of public affairs for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said “it really is an opportunity for us to extend our help and particularly to the farm working community in South County.”
Pfizer vaccine requires a low temperature that normal freezers cannot reach, to this point, only Moderna vaccines have been offered.
Demand in South County is high. With their doses previously limited to just one company…it made things challenging.
