Spotlight: U.S. government releases COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) released two documents Wednesday outlining detailed strategy of the U.S. government to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to the American people.

The documents, developed by HHS in coordination with DoD and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), provide a strategic distribution overview along with an interim playbook for state, tribal, territorial, and local public health programs and their partners on how to plan and operationalize a vaccination response to COVID-19, said a release of HHS.