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As vaccinations start, supply chain security is key

The main threat that should occupy government officials’ minds right now is disruptions to the supply and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. Such disruptions may come from mischievous states, terrorists or criminal gangs.

The procurement of vaccines will rely on complex coordination among thousands of government and private-sector entities. This includes the consortiums creating the vaccines and suppliers of glass vials and dry ice to ensure proper storage.

On the distribution side, hospitals and pharmacies will become points of delivery for the vaccine. The distribution will be relatively easier in centralized health-care systems like that of the UK, and enormously complex in decentralized systems like that of the US.

Already, there are worries. Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia of being behind a massive hack of government and private corporations in the US. In this case, the objective seems to have been conventional espionage – that is to say, to steal information.

Yet the hack, which went undetected for several months, had the ability to take control of industries, to corrupt or destroy data and to shut down key government processes completely.

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