Dec. 9, 2020 First COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Distributed Next Week An assessment by the Food and Drug Administration shows the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. drug company Pfizer is around 95% effective and could be distributed next week.
Dec. 9, 2020 DOD Officials Announce Distribution Plan for Initial Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine Defense Department officials announced a phased and coordinated strategic plan for distributing and administering the initial COVID-19 vaccines during a briefing at the Pentagon.
Dec. 3, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Leaders Say 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Available This Month Operation Warp Speed officials provided details on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process and encouraged Americans to educate themselves about the vaccines.
Nov. 23, 2020 Warp Speed Readies to Distribute New Drug Cocktail for COVID-19 The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for casirivimab and imdevimab — drugs that together have been shown to reduce hospitalization or emergency room visits in patients who have contracted COVID-19.
Nov. 23, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Refines Vaccine Delivery Plan Charged with developing and delivering a vaccine to 300 million Americans, Operation Warp Speed paired military planners with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work the details of a monumental plan.
Nov. 18, 2020 Officials Optimistic About COVID-19 Vaccines in Near Future Optimism exists for two safe and highly effective vaccines that could soon be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna, Operation Warp Speed officials said in a press conference.
Nov. 16, 2020 Norquist Highlights DOD Efforts to Produce COVID Treatments Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist spoke at the Defense Health Agency where he thanked blood plasma donors and the workers who collected it for their work in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov. 12, 2020 Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution 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.
Oct. 24, 2020 Military to Play Logistics-Only Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Effort Although military personnel won't be administering any COVID-19 vaccines to the American people, U.S. military expertise in logistics will be relied upon to help ensure vaccines are available across the nation.
Oct. 17, 2020 DOD, HHS Name Partners to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines in Long-Term Care Facilities As part of the Operation Warp Speed effort, long-term care facilities across the U.S. will be able to sign up to have one of two major U.S. pharmacy companies come to their facilities and administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents at no charge.