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59th MDW logistics and immunizations working together for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine
December 31, 2020 — The San Antonio Military Health System's first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at about 8:45 a.m. Dec. 14 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

The Department of Defense is conducting a coordinated vaccine distribution strategy that will strengthen the ability to protect people, maintain readiness, support the national COVID-19 response, and trust in safe and effective vaccines and a vaccination plan.

Perna: Whole-of-America Operation Warp Speed effort 'remarkable feat'
December 31, 2020 — Operation Warp Speed has been moving quickly to get doses from Pfizer and Moderna out to everyone who needs them, the chief operating officer of the effort said... MORE

A sailor’s gloved hand extracting liquid from a vial.

Rollout of COVID-19 vaccine distribution is off to successful start, officials say
December 17, 2020 — COVID-19 vaccine shipments are being delivered to every site identified by public health jurisdictions in Operation Warp Speed's first wave of shipments, the Health and Human Service secretary said... MORE

A vial of vaccine is held in gloved hands..

Operation Warp Speed official: first COVID-19 vaccines arrive Dec. 14
December 14, 2020 — The nation's first vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are being distributed Dec. 14, following the emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna... MORE

DOD announces COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
December 10, 2020 — The Department of Defense announced its deliberate and phased plan Dec. 9 to distribute and administer initial and subsequent allocations of the COVID-19 vaccine... MORE

Five military medical treatment facilities are participating in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing a COVID-19 vaccine in development with AstraZeneca. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

COVID-19 vaccine delivery dry runs taking place across U.S.
November 30, 2020 — Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the chief operations officer for Operation Warp Speed discussed how the COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered and administered at a press briefing on Operation Warp Speed in Washington, D.C., Nov. 24... MORE

Technology, expertise help determine COVID-19 vaccine distribution
November 12, 2020 — Ten military officers assigned to Operation Warp Speed are embedded at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist the allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine... MORE

An Operation Warp Speed contingent in Atlanta is working with regional coordinators on the distribution efforts for the COVID-19 vaccine.

San Antonio Military Health System seeks volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial
November 3, 2020 — Two San Antonio Military Health System facilities are seeking volunteers from among the military beneficiary population to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial... MORE

Marcy Edwards, a Military Health System beneficiary, signs up for Operation Warp Speed Nov. 2. Operation Warp Speed is a national initiative to accelerate the development, production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

In Operation Warp Speed effort, knowing where vaccines are is key to distribution strategy
October 29, 2020 — Right now, six vaccines for COVID-19 are in development as part of Operation Warp Speed, said the program's chief operating officer. Once one or more of those vaccines proves both effective and safe, their fast and efficient distribution will require knowing where every dose is at all times... MORE

Army Maj. (Dr.) Neel Shah, an anesthesiologist, gets assistance with putting on a powered, air-purifying respirator at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, Aug. 7, 2020.

DOD closing in on COVID-19 convalescent plasma collection goal
September 8, 2020 — In just three months, the Department of Defense passed the 65 percent mark toward meeting its goal of obtaining 10,000 units of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, or CCP, by Sept. 30... MORE

Steve Holton, a collection specialist and site supervisor for the East End Louisville American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, monitors the apheresis process, so named for separating whole blood into parts to use as needed. Yellow plasma is collected into the left bag, to be used for the treatment of COVID-19.

Operation Warp Speed on track for end-of-year vaccine delivery
August 18, 2020 — Operation Warp Speed is a public-private partnership with the goal of delivering 300 hundred million doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year... MORE

Operation Warp Speed is a public-private partnership whose goal is to deliver 300 hundred million doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year.