FEMA asks Pentagon to ready as many as 10,000 troops to support nationwide vaccine push By Nicole Sganga, David Martin
January 30, 2021 / 9:39 AM / CBS News Johnson & Johnson seeking emergency vaccine authorization
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to ready as many as 10,000 troops to support 100 COVID-19 vaccination sites nationwide, with the goal of administering 450,000 vaccinations a day.
The federal government envisions 50 mega vaccination sites capable of administering 6,000 shots per day, in addition to 50 large vaccination sites providing 3,000 shots per day, according to defense officials.
The first of the FEMA-powered vaccination sites are expected to be operating by mid-February, a senior White House official told CBS News, and will scale up as vaccine production intensifies in the coming months.