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Contingency planning guides Pfizer vaccine distribution flow

14 December 2020

Officials touring a UPS warehouse with special freezers for storing drugs.

With lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines finally en route to state administration sites, the guiding principles for officials in charge of managing the supply chain are adaptability and maintaining a consistent flow of doses to health care facilities.

Army Gen. Gus Perna, the chief operating officer for the Operation Warp Speed partnership between government and industry, said Saturday that Defense Department logisticians held back 500,000 doses so they can adjust deliveries for potential...

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FedEX, UPS trucks depart with first Pfizer COVID vaccines

13 December 2020

White FedEx truck driving on highway, headed towards us with Operation Warp Speed banner on side of photo for vaccine distribution effort.

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks departed Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) sprawling manufacturing facility in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday morning loaded with COVID-19 vaccines packed in dry ice to maintain them at ultra-cold temperatures.

The express delivery companies have roughly divided the nation in two, with FedEx supplying the western states and UPS those in the east, based on plans developed in coordination with the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed.

State-designated...

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UPS begins nationwide shipping of vaccine kits

10 December 2020

Ancillary supplies for administering COVID-19 vaccines are heading to more than 600 locations nationwide after the head of operations for Operation Warp Speed ordered their release Wednesday from distribution centers.

“I gave permission to already distribute syringes and needles, alcohol wipes, and diluent — which is required in support of the Pfizer vaccine,” U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna said during a press briefing. “We’ll begin that today. Distribution will be completed by Friday.”

Health care...

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‘Snapping the chalk line’: An OWS update on Tiberius

8 December 2020

A vaccine vial and the word COVID-19 vaccine to illustrate the Canadian government contract for logistics providers to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

Operation Warp Speed gave an update to reporters Monday afternoon on Tiberius, the visualization and analytics platform that will provide a complete snapshot of all vaccine needs and distribution in the United States and jurisdictions.

Deacon Maddox, OWS chief of plans, operations and analysis, explained that data on the Tiberius platform will span reported COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccine availability. This information, Maddox said, will help states and U.S. jurisdictions make informed...

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US fine-tunes plans for COVID vaccine distribution

3 December 2020

A silver refrigerated tractor trailer going down the highway with image of coronavirus superimposed next to it.

(Updated 4:55 P.M. ET, Dec. 3, with details of Pfizer supply chain issues)

The U.S. government has set a mid-December date to begin rolling out Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) COVID-19 vaccine, but the day is merely a target for planning purposes as states get informed of their initial allocations from the existing stockpile, officials said Wednesday. Deliveries will ramp up from 40 million doses in December to 100 million in February.

A Food and Drug Administration panel of experts is scheduled to meet...

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DOT asserts regulatory hurdles cleared for COVID-19 distribution

1 December 2020

Regulatory measures needed for the immediate mass shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through Operation Warp Speed are now in place, according to the Trump administration.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) “has laid the groundwork for the safe transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine and is proud to support this historic endeavor,” DOT Secretary Elaine Chao announced Tuesday.

DOT’s modal agencies and Operation Warp Speed – which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services and the...

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COVID-19 vaccine distribution could start in mid-December, official says

23 November 2020

A gloved-hand reaches for vial of a COVID-19 vaccine dose. The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines could begin in mid-December

Distribution of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. could begin as early as Dec. 11, the lead adviser for Operation Warp Speed said on Sunday.

“Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval, so I would expect maybe on day two after approval, on the 11th or on the 12th of December,” Dr. Moncef Slaoui said during an interview on CNN.

Slaoui’s comments came after Pfizer submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration for...

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COVID vaccine logistics to start as sprint, turn into marathon

19 November 2020

White FedEx planes with blue tails, with an image of the coronavirus as art. FedEx is helping ship supplies to combat the coronavirus.

About 40 million doses of two leading COVID-19 vaccines could be available for nationwide distribution by the end of December, with similar amounts metered out each month afterward in a carefully synchronized manner to ensure all jurisdictions have a predictable supply, Operation Warp Speed officials said at a press conference Wednesday.

Vaccine candidates from Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDQ: MRNA) are expected to soon be authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug...

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Canada clears 4 firms to bid on COVID-19 vaccine distribution contract

17 November 2020

FedEx Canada, Kuehn + Nagel, McKesson Canada and UPS Healthcare have pre-qualified to bid for a Canadian government contract to distribute millions of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a public procurement notice.

The Public Procurement Agency of Canada, which is overseeing the process, did not explain in the notice posted Monday why the four prequalified. But it moves the federal government one step closer to locking down its logistics providers for the massive undertaking of getting vaccines...

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Warehouses must brace for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

4 November 2020

By Bob La Loggia, Chief Executive Officer, Opendock

A coronavirus vaccine will likely be approved by early 2021, as several pharmaceutical companies continue phase three trials and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to utilize an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). What’s less clear, however, is when the average person will be able to access the vaccine. The political climate adds to the confusion, as politicians frequently state their own predictions regarding vaccine availability,...

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