AQW 10091/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 11/11/2020
Answered On Date: 24/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what preparations have been made for storing the COVID-19 vaccine; and what is the available budget.

Answer:

Four ultra-low temperature control freezers are now in place at a facility in Northern Ireland. These freezers will be used for taking delivery of the Pfizer vaccine, once it is approved for use in the UK, before the vaccine is distributed to vaccination sites.

There is no specific COVID-19 vaccination programme budget. Work is ongoing to refine the estimated costs of the programme but we anticipate that sufficient funding is already available within the current allocation to Health for COVID.