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Boxes of the Covid-19 Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine are ready to be distributed as part of a collaborative effort from the West Virginia National Guard, FamilyCare Health Centers and Toyota to vaccinate Toyota employees on March 26, 2021 on the grounds of the Toyota plant in Buffalo, West Virginia.
Local and state health agencies have joined a national pause in use of the COVID-19 vaccine made by the firm Johnson & Johnson. But officials in Milwaukee and Madison are still urging people to get shots of COVID vaccine made by two other companies, Pfizer and Moderna.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it s reviewing use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine, after reports that six women who were given the vaccine developed blood clots six to 13 days later. That s out of nearly seven million doses used nationwide. NPR reports the women were between the ages of 18 and 48. The CDC says one woman died. One patient is in critical condition. State officials say
A week ago the health department anticipated rolling back current health order. By Graham Kilmer - Apr 13th, 2021 08:22 pm //end headline wrapper ?>2019 Novel Coronavirus. Image by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The City of Milwaukee Health Department will not be moving back its COVID-19 health order after all.
Last week, Health Commissioner
Kirsten Johnson announced that her department was anticipating moving the health order, currently in phase six back to phase five, to combat rising cases of COVID-19.
This move would have reduced capacity limits at businesses and organizations without approved safety plans, though businesses with approved safety plans would not have been “substantially affected,” the department said at the time. The city’s mask mandate is still in effect.
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Milwaukee Brewers fans can sit at American Family Field in small groups called pods. But those pods must be physically distanced from others.
Despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases, more socially-distanced gatherings of thousands of people are expected at Milwaukee s baseball stadium this week. The Brewers play a six-game homestand, beginning Monday night.
Some changes are in store since the team s first series of the season, including a limited return of tailgating in the parking lots at American Family Field.
Attendance at the ballpark is still limited to 25% capacity or about 11,000 people, as Milwaukee health officials keep trying to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Fans must wear face masks inside the stadium, except when eating or drinking. A few fans can sit together in so-called pods.