UPS begins nationwide shipping of vaccine kits - Freightwaves
Ancillary supplies for administering COVID-19 vaccines are heading to more than 600 locations nationwide after the head of operations for Operation Warp Speed ordered their release Wednesday from distribution centers.
“I gave permission to already distribute syringes and needles, alcohol wipes, and diluent — which is required in support of the Pfizer vaccine,” U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna said during a press briefing. “We’ll begin that today. Distribution will be completed by Friday.”
Health care distributor McKesson Corp. the U.S. government’s central third-party logistics provider, is building the kits, which are then shipped by UPS to marry up with vaccine shipments at destination sites identified by states. FedEx Express and UPS will both deliver the ultracold Pfizer vaccine, but UPS is in charge of delivering the auxiliary kits.
Ancillary supplies for administering COVID-19 vaccines are heading to more than 600 locations nationwide after the head of operations for Operation Warp Speed ordered their release Wednesday from distribution centers.
“I gave permission to already distribute syringes and needles, alcohol wipes, and diluent — which is required in support of the Pfizer vaccine,” U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna said during a press briefing. “We’ll begin that today. Distribution will be completed by Friday.”
Health care distributor McKesson Corp. the U.S. government’s central third-party logistics provider, is building the kits, which are then shipped by UPS to marry up with vaccine shipments at destination sites identified by states. FedEx Express and UPS will both deliver the ultracold Pfizer vaccine, but UPS is in charge of delivering the auxiliary kits.
