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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Developing a set of COVID-19 vaccines in record time and then starting to distribute them nationally was an important achievement, but it uncovered obstacles at all levels. Today, the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) issued a new report the latest in a series of Solutions Briefs analyzing the effectiveness of the vaccine development, production, and distribution effort. It also provides policy recommendations to improve this critical effort, for both the current pandemic and the next.
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Walmart says it will go big on COVID vaccinations
Walmart says it will go big on COVID vaccinations
February 26, 20218:38 am
Walmart US CEO John Furnersaid on NBC’s Today show today that the company is going to make a big push to distributed coronavirus vaccine.
From the NBC release:
Vaccinating America series, NBC News correspondent
Stephanie Gosk
John Furner about how the company plans to boost the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, telling Gosk, “
We think we can do up to 13 million [Covid-19 vaccine] doses a month… We think we can get to a really big number.”
He said that Walmart is focused on bringing the vaccine to underserved communities, explaining, “