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Swiss Air Lines flies 14 tons of vaccine to Brazil
Shipment fits profile of China s CanSino vaccine Swiss WorldCargo shipped COVID vaccines to Brazil on this passenger aircraft. (Photo: SWISS)
Swiss International Air Lines on Friday delivered nearly 2 million doses of finished COVID-19 vaccines to São Paulo from Zurich, the company said.
Spokesman Fabian Mettler declined to name the vaccine that was transported, citing customer privacy restrictions, but the shipment originated in Beijing. CanSino Biologics is located in the Chinese capital and has previously shipped its Ad5-nCoV vaccine to other countries for clinical trials.
Swiss WorldCargo said the 14 tons of vaccine were carried in 10 Envirotainer RAP e-2 containers, which kept the temperature cold within a range of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius normal refrigerated temperatures. The temperature requirement also fits the CanSino profile.