Vaccination cards will be used as the ‘easiest’ way to track Covid-19 injections, said Dr Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, which supports frontline workers who will administer the Covid-19 vaccines.
“Everyone will get a written card that they can put in their wallet that will tell them what they had and when their next dose is due,” Moore said. “Let’s make it simple and easy first. Everyone will succeed. ”
Immunization clinics will also report to their national immunization registers what vaccine was administered, so that, for example, an entity can initiate a query if it does not know where a patient received a first dose.
Moore said many places are planning to require patients to voluntarily provide a cell phone number, so they can receive a text message telling them when and where their next dose is due.
The CDC did not immediately respond to CNN’s request as to whether such a database would include a record of all those vaccinated.
As for the vaccine kits, the DoD image shows that the kits include a card, needle and syringe, alcohol wipes, and a mask. Operation Warp Speed has 100 million vaccine kits ready for use if and when the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine begins, said General Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of Warp Speed last month. .
By February, 100 million Americans could be vaccinated against the coronavirus, Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor of Operation Warp Speed, said on Wednesday.
The United States has said that if Pfizer and Moderna get emergency use clearance from the FDA in December, they could distribute 40 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the month. Each vaccine requires two doses, so this is enough to fully immunize 20 million people.
CNN’s Maggie Fox, Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.
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