COVID-19 Response


As one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, we know we have a critical role to play in making medications and supplies available to customers and patients when they need them. We play an important role in healthcare delivery and it is something we take seriously every day — even more so now as the world faces this healthcare challenge.

We are committed to continuing to supply our customers and protect the safety of our employees during this unprecedented time. We’re working closely with regulatory authorities and are monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely so that we’re well-prepared to address our customers’ evolving needs as they care for their patients.

Additionally, McKesson is supporting the U.S. government as a centralized distributor for COVID-19 vaccines that are refrigerated (2-8°C) or frozen (-20°C). We are utilizing our expertise and capabilities to support the government’s efforts to vaccinate everyone in the U.S. who wants to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vaccine Support

McKesson is supporting the U.S. government as a centralized distributor of COVID-19 vaccines

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A Look at McKesson’s Role in Distributing the COVID-19 Vaccine Doses and Ancillary Supply Kits
  • Interior of warehouse

    On Sept. 8, 2020, McKesson began constructing its distribution centers dedicated to packing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines and ancillary supply kits. It took our teams 53 days to build out this entire distribution center – including the walk-in freezer – in Olive Branch, MS.

  • Employee assembling a pharmaceutical kit

    A worker assembles the contents of a COVID-19 vaccine ancillary supply kit at McKesson’s Manteno, IL distribution center.

  • Warehouse employee pulling a pallet through the warehouse

    A pallet operator at McKesson’s Manteno, IL distribution center pulls boxes of ancillary supply kits for the COVID-19 vaccine doses.

  • Warehouse workers packing up shipping boxes with Moderna Supply Kits inside

    A worker at McKesson’s Olive Branch, MS distribution center prepares to move sealed and labeled boxes of ancillary supply kits for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the shipping area.

  • McKesson warehouse employee operating a small forklift, carrying vaccine boxes.

    The first arrival of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine doses are moved to the walk-in freezer at McKesson’s Louisville, KY distribution center, where they’ll be packed into cooler boxes for shipping.

  • Folding chairs set up in rows in a large room with red plastic boxes and rubber boots and heavy jackets next to them.<br>

    Rows of heavy-duty rubber boots, coveralls, gloves and protective facial gear await workers in McKesson’s Olive Branch, MS distribution center. All workers handling the frozen Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are required to put on protective clothing prior to entering the walk-in freezer.

  • <p>McKesson worker putting on boots, snow pants, heavy jackets, gloves and hats to prepare to enter the freezer where cold pack vaccines are held.<br> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

    A distribution center worker in McKesson’s Louisville, KY location dresses in protective gear prior to entering the walk-in freezer to pack cooler boxes with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine doses.

  • McKesson employee wearing winter gloves, hat and mask indoors while cold-packing the Moderna vaccine.<br> <p>&nbsp;</p>

    A worker inside the walk-in freezer at McKesson’s Louisville, KY distribution center begins packing the first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into cooler boxes.

  • Employees pass Moderna vaccine boxes down the conveyor belt

    Workers at McKesson’s Olive Branch, MS distribution center add shipping labels to packed and sealed boxes of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses.

  • Warehouse worker fills a pallet with boxes of Moderna vaccines<br> <p>&nbsp;</p>

    A worker at McKesson’s Olive Branch, MS distribution center loads boxes of labeled and processed Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses onto a pallet, where they will wait for shipping.

  • Warehouse employee carrying a box

    A distribution center supervisor carries the first processed cooler box of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to the shipping area at McKesson’s Olive Branch, MS location.

  • Warehouse employee packing Johnson and Johnson vaccine for shipment

    On March 1, 2021, McKesson prepared the first batch of Janssen COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson for shipment at its Louisville, KY distribution center.

  • McKesson employee adding his signature to a box of Johnson and Johnson vaccines for shipment.

    Workers at McKesson's Louisville, KY distribution center spontaneously leave their names and personal messages of encouragement for recipients on the first box of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson.

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