位於英國哈爾博洛的地區公司,因協助 Covid-19 疫苗推廣,可能獲得最高獎項

From Harborough Mail, by Red Williams, Wednesday, 9th March 2022
原文新聞出處:Harborough district company in the running for top award for its part in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout


一家位於萊斯特郡 (Leicestershire) 南部的醫療保健物流公司,協助英國順利推廣Covid-19疫苗,而其拯救生命的作為,很有希望為該公司獲得最高獎項;莫維安托 (Movianto) 的團隊持續在他們位於哈爾博洛、新的Covid-19疫苗配送中心支援龐大的後勤工作。在2020年初、這二年疫情爆發時的第一波高峰時期,該公司受政府要求,為英國大規模疫苗接種計劃,開發供應線和中央儲存系統。

“我對整個團隊所完成的成果感到非常驕傲。” 該公司總裁說。

“分發疫苗是我們的日常,但有時我們也不得不深呼吸,”莫維安托的英國總裁保羅.威金森 (Paul Wilkinson) 說。“一開始,我們甚至不知道儲存標準,我們不知道數量會有多少,同樣重要的是,我們不知道該計劃大約何時開始,但我們知道必須以極快的速度進行,因為我們知道人們的生命將仰賴這個計劃,每個人都承受了很大的壓力。” 他說。

莫維安托團隊成員自超低溫冷凍櫃中取出輝瑞-BioNTech COVID-19 疫苗 (照片中的超低溫冷凍櫃來自PHCbi TwinGuard系列,型號:MDF-DU702VXC)

在巨大的不確定性中,莫維安托團隊開始為每種想像得到的狀況做準備;“與英國公共衛生部合作,我們預想了各種可能性,相信我,有非常多需要考慮的事情。” 保羅說。

“對於輝瑞-BioNTech產品,我們必須發展出一套供應線及儲存系統,在驚人的 -75°C低溫下,小批或大量儲存、運輸這個對全世界來說全新的疫苗,然後我們還必須容納另外兩種新疫苗,分別是 -20°C 下儲存的莫德納 (Moderna) 和冷藏儲存的阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca),這些較像疫情前可用的疫苗。”

莫維安托團隊隸屬於沃登集團 (Walden Group),該集團於 1951 年在法國南部成立,總部設在巴黎,這家大型跨國公司通常負責兒童的常規疫苗接種,及國民保健署 (NHS) 季節性流感計劃的大部分工作。


Harborough district company in the running for top award for its part in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout


"I’m extraordinarily proud of my whole team for the work they have done," said the firm's president

A south Leicestershire-based healthcare logistics firm which helped to fire up the UK’s brilliant Covid-19 vaccine rollout is in the running to win a top award for its lifesaving work.

A team at Movianto has been helping to carry out the enormous logistical operation at their new coronavirus vaccine distribution centre in the Harborough district.

They were asked by the Government at the height of the two-year pandemic’s first wave in early 2020 to develop the supply line and central storage arrangements for the UK’s massive vaccination programme.

“Vaccine distribution is what we do day in, day out.

“But even we had to take a deep breath at times,” said Paul Wilkinson, president of Movianto UK.

“At the start, we didn’t even know the storage criteria.

“We weren’t aware of what the volume would be and as importantly we didn’t know when this programme was likely to start.

“But we did know that we’d have to do it at breakneck speed and we knew people’s lives would be relying on it,” he said.

“There was a lot of pressure on everyone.”

Movianto began preparing for every scenario imaginable amid huge uncertainty.

“Working with Public Health England, we were planning for every eventuality and believe me there were many of them to consider,” said Paul.

“With the Pfizer-BioNTech product, we had to develop the supply line and storage arrangements for a vaccine that was completely new to the world, which had to be stored and transported, in bulk and small quantities, at the staggeringly low temperature of -75°C.

“And then we had to accommodate another two new vaccines as well, in Moderna’s, which is stored at -20°C, and AstraZeneca’s, which is chilled, which is more like the vaccines available before the pandemic.”

Movianto is part of the Walden Group, which was founded in the south of France in 1951 and has its headquarters in Paris.

The big global company is usually responsible for children’s routine vaccinations and large parts of the seasonal flu programme for the NHS.


完整原文新聞出處:Harborough district company in the running for top award for its part in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout