Ducey: COVID-19 vaccine distribution needs shot in the arm Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday took executive action to rapidly expand Arizonans’ access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In an effort to streamline distribution across the state, Ducey ordered the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to “implement a state-directed allocation model to ensure a uniform approach to the vaccination of high-risk and high-priority Arizonans.” The executive order also establishes additional vaccination sites. “Across the country, news of delays in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine are being reported,” Ducey said in a news release. “While Arizona has avoided many of these issues, any delay in shots being given to Arizonans is unacceptable. The development of the vaccine was called Operation Warp Speed, and the distribution of the vaccine should follow that same sense of urgency.”