Guard troops from at least 26 states helping with coronavirus vaccine distribution

National Guard troops in at least 26 states are assisting with distributing the coronavirus vaccine as part of a massive national inoculation effort to curtail the disease that has killed more than 300,000 in the United States.
As of Tuesday morning, more than 56,200 soldiers and airmen are deployed across the country, many of them still helping with other coronavirus-related missions such as food distribution, according to Wayne Hall, a National Guard spokesman. It was unclear Tuesday whether more troops will be needed to distribute the vaccine as more doses become available.