No timeline for vaccine distribution at facility where 9 nuns died
Waukesha County Health Department says it is not a licensed skilled nursing facility Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Jan 12, 2021
Waukesha County Health Department says it is not a licensed skilled nursing facility Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Jan 12, 2021
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Show Transcript WE NOW HAVE THE NAMES AND PHOTOS OF NUNS WHO DIED FROM NINE CORONAVIRUS AT THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IN ELM GROVE. BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY WE ARE NO CLOSER TO AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN THE FACILITY WILL BE VACCINATED 87 NUNS LIVE INSIDE THE MAJORITY OF THEM IN THEIR 80’S AND 90’S. IN A STATEMENT TUESDAY, THE WAUKESHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THE FACILITY WOULD NOT BE AMONG THE FIRST TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IS NOT A LICENSED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY WITH THE DIVISION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AT THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. THAT RESPONSE UN