Walgreens spokeswoman Kelli Teno said the company is providing vaccines across 48 states and Washington, D.C., as of this week, too.ĭespite the delays, Operation Warp Speed spokesman Michael Pratt said the U.S. Crawford told CNBC on Wednesday, however, that the pharmacy chain was administering the vaccines at long-term care facilities in 48 states and Washington, D.C., as of early this week. The CDC says on its website that the federal government hasn't yet launched its vaccine distribution partnership with major pharmacy chains like CVS and Walgreens, which have been tasked with vaccinating long-term care residents.ĬVS Health spokesman T.J. The operation began shipping second doses of Pfizer's vaccine this week for the people who were inoculated with a first shot in mid-December. is "really doing well" with distribution so far, Perna said, adding that the true number of distributed doses is now more than 14 million. The CDC updates its vaccine counts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m.
Gustave Perna, who oversees logistics for Operation Warp Speed, said he was working to resolve the delay in data reporting, which currently lags by 72 to 96 hours. "A large difference between the number of doses distributed and the number of doses administered is expected at this point in the COVID vaccination program due to several factors," the agency said. The CDC has acknowledged that its own data is out of date due to delays in receiving it from the states and jurisdictions that report it to federal officials. "We know that it should be better, and we're working hard to make it better," he said. "We agree that that number is lower than what we had hoped for," Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor of Operation Warp Speed, said during a news briefing.