PHARMACISTS around the world are standing ready to help distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, but in Bulgaria they've come up with an alternative solution - hot dog trucks.
The eastern European nation received its first shipment of almost 10,000 doses of the Pfizer immunisation last weekend, and immediately activated an innovative plan involving the small goods delivery vehicles.
The Pfizer-BioNTech jab must be stored at temperatures of -70C to remain effective, and can be kept at temperatures of 2 to 8 for up to five days.
Apparently hot dog trucks were deemed as ideal for the delivery, which saw police escorts lead the refrigerated vehicles to several locations.
The initiative prompted a predictable wave of online hilarity, including photos of frankfurts with the Pfizer logo posted on social media (below).
Health Minister, Kostadin Angelov, assured the country's citizenry that the hot dog trucks met all the requirements for the storage of the vaccine, describing the mockery as "inappropriate".
However he noted that future batches of the vaccine would be distributed via other methods.
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