By Naomi Kowles
Jan 21, 2021 7:04 PM
MADISON, Wis. Health officials at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services asked for patience on Thursday as they warned vaccine shipments from the federal government were unlikely to increase for at least three to four more weeks. Since the state announced that the 65+ year old population was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week, health care systems say they’re fielding a torrent of calls from patients asking when they’d be able to get theirs.
“We have definitely seen an influx of calls coming in,” Natalie Tollefson from Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics. “Not only to our health care organization…but also throughout our county.”