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Coping with COVID: Vaccination cards to be used to keep track of individual COVID-19 shot records

In preparation for the release of the first COVID-19 vaccine, millions of vaccination kits will be distributed through Operation Warp Speed. Kits include a vaccination record card to track when doses should be administered, every dose to be reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Soon-to-be-released COVID-19 vaccination kits with vaccination cards will be used to keep track of COVID-19 shots,.

The U.S. Department of Defense released images of the kits on Wednesday, which will be distributed through Operation Warp Speed.

“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,” Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition said in an interview with CNN.

Vaccination clinics will also be reporting to their state immunization registries what vaccine was given, so that, for example, an entity could run a query if it didn’t know where a patient got a first dose.

Moore said many places are planning to ask patients to voluntarily provide a cell phone number, so they can get a text message telling them when and where their next dose is scheduled to be administered.

As far as vaccine kits, the DoD image shows the kits include a card, a needle and syringe, alcohol wipes and a mask. Operation Warp Speed has 100 million vaccine kits ready to go if and when distribution of a coronavirus vaccine starts, Gen. Gustave Perna, Warp Speed’s chief operating officer, said last month.