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Of the tunnel but we must still wear masks and social distance."

"the vaccine can't come soon enough.

The overall u-s death toll is expected to hit 300 thousand later today."

The massive coordinated shipping effort began sunday.

Trucks filled with vaccine doses left pfizer's facility in michigan under u-s marshal escort.

The first wave includes 2-point-9 million doses packed in boxes that will keep the vaccine at negative 94 degrees.

Both u-p-s and fedex are delivering them to 145 distribution centers in 30 cities across the country.

The entire logistics effort is being tracked in real time inside the u-p-s covid command center.

"it gets on the plane first.

It gets off the plane first.

The drivers and pilots both know they are carrying vaccines."

First doses are also going to nursing home residents.

More than 76-thousand residents in long- term care facilities have died from covid-19, and nearly 12-hundred staff members.

Naomi ruchim, cbs news, new york.

The head of the government's vaccine program estimates there should be enough doses for the entire u-s population by the end of may or middle of june.