Explained: Why Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine scores over Pfizer’s jab, and why it could be a compelling option for India

Explained: Why Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine scores over Pfizer’s jab, and why it could be a compelling option for India Moderna’s vaccine remains stable for 30 days when refrigerated at 2-8 degrees Celsius and is stable for 12 hours at room temperature. For longer-term storage and shipping, it needs to be kept at minus 20 degrees Celsius, a temperature that distributors can deal with. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has to be stored at about minus 70 degrees Celsius, requiring ultra-cold storage.

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