Report Covers Critical Issues for State Leaders Ahead of Vaccine Distribution A pharmacist holds a syringe in a clean room where doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be loaded into syringes at Mount Sinai Queens hospital in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP) [Ensure you have all the info you need in these unprecedented times. Subscribe now.] Governors should assess their capacity for transportation and address logistical issues as early as possible as they brace for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, according to the National Governors Association. NGA released a report Dec. 9 that highlighted strategies and challenges associated with distribution of the long-awaited vaccine. The report was developed with input from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the COVID Collaborative, a group of health, education and economy experts. The authors analyzed all publicly available state and territorial COVID-19 vaccination plans.