Boxes containing the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, on December 20, 2020. (Photo by Paul Sancya / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL SANCYA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Initial shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S.
left a distribution center Sunday, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.The trucks left the factory in the Memphis area with the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc.