The partnership, which includes the U.S. Defense Department, is part of Operation Warp Speed, the White House task force designed to speed the delivery of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine.
HHS said the CDC is executing an existing contract it signed with Irving, Texas-based McKesson in 2016 that includes an option for McKesson to distribute vaccines in the event of a pandemic. McKesson distributed H1N1 vaccines during the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 and 2019.
McKesson will work under the CDC’s guidance to ship COVID-19 vaccines to administration sites once a vaccine is approved.
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