Table 1.
Covid vaccine lifetime.
| Vaccine lifetime | Pfizer BionTech | AstraZeneca | Moderna | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | Duration | Temperature | Duration | Temperature | Duration | |
| Long term storage | − 80 to − 60 °C | 9 months | 2 to 8 °C | 6 months | − 25 to − 15 °C | 7 months |
| Short term storage | 2 to 8 °C | 31 days | N/A | N/A | 2 to 8 °C | 30 days |
| Removing from the fridge | 2 to 25 °C | 2 h (prior to dilution) | 2 to 25 °C | 6 h | 8 to 25 °C | 24 h |
| Punctured | 2 to 25 °C | 6 h (after dilution) | 2 to 25 °C | 6 h | 8 to 25 °C | 6 h |