Governors call on feds to make changes to COVID-19 vaccine data, distribution
Updated: 2:05 PM EST Feb 15, 2021
America’s governors are calling on the president to make changes to COVID-19 vaccine data reporting and distribution.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||The National Governors Association sent a letter Monday to President Joe Biden, addressing how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes the number of doses allocated to states. The governors contend that there are several federal programs being used to distribute vaccines and they seek the CDC distinguish between the separate efforts to avoid confusion.The governors also request that federal programs to use pharmacies to administer the vaccine should be coordinated with the states. The governors contend the states know the communities where the vaccine is needed and states know which pharmacies are better suited for administering the vaccine.The governors said that if the federal government distributes the vaccine without state input, “redundancy and inefficiency may very well follow.”Read the NGA’s letter here.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is among the nine governors who comprise the NGA’s executive committee who signed the letter.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQs
America’s governors are calling on the president to make changes to COVID-19 vaccine data reporting and distribution.
|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||
The National Governors Association sent a letter Monday to President Joe Biden, addressing how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes the number of doses allocated to states. The governors contend that there are several federal programs being used to distribute vaccines and they seek the CDC distinguish between the separate efforts to avoid confusion.
The governors also request that federal programs to use pharmacies to administer the vaccine should be coordinated with the states. The governors contend the states know the communities where the vaccine is needed and states know which pharmacies are better suited for administering the vaccine.
The governors said that if the federal government distributes the vaccine without state input, “redundancy and inefficiency may very well follow.”
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is among the nine governors who comprise the NGA’s executive committee who signed the letter.
