States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. historyWith a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and ensure that people who get the initial shot return for the necessary second one. Deaths, hospitalizations and new infections are surging across the U.S. — and turning up the pressure to get the vaccine effort right. For the vaccination effort to get off the ground, state officials have been readying systems to track supplies and who has been vaccinated. That information will be fed into a national network and will be critical in giving federal health officials an up-to-date picture of vaccinations around the country. Given the hurdles, Reid does not expect smaller pharmacies to become COVID-19 vaccine providers.

Source: ABC News November 12, 2020 17:15 UTC