The first vaccines arrived in Ecuador on a KLM flight from Amsterdam

In flight of the airlineínea KLM the first vaccines arrived from Amsterdam Ecuador, landing at Quito and Guayaquil International Airports.

Generating great expectations at the national level and having significant media coverage.áethics, they arrived at the país the first doses of the long-awaited vaccine.

On a direct KLM flight from Amsterdam, the first shipment of 8000 dosage to allowán start the vaccination processóGradual n in Ecuador, where the government has indicated the purchase of más de 18 millions of vaccines to arriveíeven throughout the 2021.

On flight KL0755 from Ámesterdam leggó the first batch of 86.000 doses of vaccines planned for Phase Zero of vaccinationón and beá sent to distribution centersón in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca.

«Having been part of the C-19 Vaccine Working Group, heñor past, and knowing all the efforts made to ensure a chain of fríor intact, I feel very proud of the contributionóWhat Air France KLM Martinair Cargo do to the health and safety of the populationón Ecuadorian in this delicate moment. We are all looking forward to returning to our normal lives and traígives vaccines to the paíIt is a contributionón that adds to this ambitionón». declareó Enrica Calonghi, Directory of Air France KLM Martinair Cargo para Sur América.

And tévolume terms, distributionón of vaccines is a operationón logíunprecedented aesthetics. Initial expectations indicate that around 15.000 millions of vaccines will haveán have to be distributed throughout the world ensuring a óexcellent chain of fríO.

The first batch of vaccines that arrives in Ecuador must be distributed at very low temperatures, keepéfreezing to -70 degrees centídegrees. To guarantee that temperature throughout the flight, the product has been packed in boxes of 32 kilos, of which, 23 kilos are dry ice. Each box contains 5 product trays for a total of 195 tubes. Son, about, 1000 tubes, that is to say, 5000 dosis por envíO.

Además of vaccines, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo contributorá with the import usó# of kits for Test RáAnt's Pidaígeno SARS-CoV-2, which yields results in 15 minutes.

For his part, Marie-Noëlle Landáto you, Air France-KLM General Manager for Ecuador, who was part of the reception committeeón of the first vaccines, manifestó:

“Air France KLM Martinair Cargo está ready to take on this challenge thanks to its sóextensive experience in the transportation of vaccines and pharmaceutical productséuticos, in the management of the fr chainíor and its extensive network toérea global. For us it is an honor to have been selected to transport the vaccines to Ecuador, país in which KLM has operated for más de 66 años.”

After the landing destined for Quito, the flight continuedó and el Boeing 777-200 from KLM to Guayaquil, where he was also received by government authorities and even carried outó the traditional water arch to the aircraft.