La Crosse County employees have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and get a COVID-19 vaccine this week
February 3, 2021 5:05 PM Isabella Hulsizer
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) This week, the amount of COVID-19 positive cases in La Crosse County decreased to about two positives to every ten. And although the community risk remains in the High level, hope is on the horizon for some La Crosse County workers. And now, some county employees will have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves on Friday.
The time for La Crosse County workers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine has come.
“We this week got our first 100 doses, and we’ll start administering them on Friday,” said Rachel King, a Health Educator for the La Crosse County Health Department.
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