Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Distribution
This in depth round the clock planning work with our state and local partners and trusted community organizations especially through cdc will ensure that americans can receive a safe and effective vaccine in record time.
Operation warp speed vaccine distribution. The medical distribution company mckesson says it already has produced enough. In july pfizer got a 195 billion deal with the governments operation warp speed the multiagency effort to rush a vaccine to market to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine. On may 15 2020 the white house announced operation warp speed to accelerate development production and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics to produce and deliver. Operation warp speed preps for covid 19 vaccine delivery upon fda approval.
Distribution before the vaccines are approved or authorized. Operation warp speed is also stockpiling kits of the needles syringes and alcohol swabs needed to give the shot. A typical 8 month process is accelerated by. As part of operation warp speed we have been laying the groundwork for months to distribute and administer a safe and effective covid 19 vaccine as soon as it meets fdas gold standard said hhs secretary alex azar.
Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures. Operation warp speed the trump administrations unprecedented effort to accelerate production and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine is already producing tens of millions of vaccine doses. A typical 6 month process is.