Operation Warp Speed Walgreens
Jay butler deputy director of infectious diseases at the us centers for disease control and.
Operation warp speed walgreens. Operation warp speed is the federal governments program to rapidly develop a coronavirus vaccine. And when he came to the phone earlier today i started by asking his reaction to todays news about the pfizer vaccine. Operation warp speed refers to the administrations covid vaccine development efforts which remain in progress. To meet the trump administrations operation warp speed ows goals the us.
Some are going to go right to brick and mortar and working with cvs and walgreens. Department of health and human services and department of defense today announced agreements with cvs and walgreens to provide and administer covid 19 vaccines to residents of long term care facilities ltcf nationwide with no out of pocket costs. Hhs officials framed the walgreenscvs partnerships which nursing home operators can opt into starting this week as a vital preparation for distributing vaccines within 24 to 48 hours of their emergency approval by the food and drug administration fda. His official title is chief operating officer of the trump administrations operation warp speed.
Will be able to. Some are going to. Inside the operation warp speed effort to get americans a covid 19 vaccine. Operation warp speed leader on logistics of a coronavirus vaccine nprs mary louise kelly.
Cvs and walgreens were selected because they have the broadest reach from a geography perspective according to operation warp speed officials. As part of the operation warp speed effort a partnership between the defense department and the department of health and human services long term care facilities across the us. Some are going right to brick and mortar and working with cvs and walgreens. Protecting especially vulnerable americans has been a critical part of the trump administrations work to combat covid 19 and ltcf residents may be part of the.
Gus perna is the four star general overseeing the logistics of getting a vaccine from manufacturers into peoples arms. Operation warp speeds logistics chief weighs in on vaccine progress. Some are going to. The operation is stockpiling anticipated vaccines made by six different drug makers.