The Department of Defense released the first images of a Covid-19 vaccination record card and vaccination kits.
According to CNN, Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, has said vaccination cards will be used as the “simplest” way to keep track of Covid-19 shots. Immunization Action Coalition is supporting frontline workers who will administer Covid-19 vaccinations.
“Everyone will be issued a written card that they can put in their wallet that will tell them what they had and when their next dose is due,” Moore said. “Let’s do the simple, easy thing first. Everyone’s going to get that.”
Vaccination clinics will also be reporting to their state immunization registries about what vaccine was given. For example, an entity could run a query if it didn’t know where a patient got their first dose.
Moore also said many places are planning to ask patients to voluntarily provide a cell phone number to receive a text message telling them when and where their next dose is scheduled to be administered.
Every dose administered will be reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine kits will also include a card and a needle and syringe, alcohol wipes, and a mask. Operation Warp Speed has 100 million vaccine kits ready to go if and when the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine starts, Gen. Gustave Perna, Warp Speed’s chief operating officer, said last month.
By February, 100 million Americans could be vaccinated against coronavirus, Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, said on Wednesday.
