The first deliveries of the COVID-19 photo from Moderna began leaving the depots early Sunday – expanding the vaccination effort to end the US pandemic.
McKesson Corp., which distributes the vaccine, said in a statement around 6 a.m. that it had launched COVID-19 fire and auxiliary supply kits.
Shipments of the vaccine arrived at distribution centers on Saturday to be packaged in containers and loaded onto trucks after the Food and Drug Administration granted the emergency use of the drugs.
The vaccine is expected to be launched in more than 3,700 locations across the nation.
The US government has said it intends to distribute 5.9 million Modern photos this week over 2 million from Pfizer, which was the first vaccine approved in the US.
US Army General Gustave Perna told reporters that the first boxes from Moderna are expected to reach medical service providers on Monday.
Some states have chosen the Moderna vaccine for more inaccessible rural areas because it can be stored for 30 days in standard temperature refrigerators – unlike Pfizer, which must be delivered at -94 degrees Fahrenheit and can only be kept as standard for five days. refrigerator temperatures.
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