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Fewer than 2,400 doses of the highly sought after coronavirus vaccine were wasted or spoiled in Wisconsin through February, with the single largest loss happening when an employee did it on purpose, data provided by the state health department shows.
Updated: 5:12 PM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Workers with the Department of Homeland Security s Federal Emergency Management Agency have taken over COVID-19 vaccine administration at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinGov. Tony Evers said the work was coordinated through a federal, state and local partnership.FEMA will now handle staffing for the mass vaccination site.About 80 volunteers began Monday morning. We were asked to assist in staffing the facility here, and we re averaging about 10 volunteers a day with non-clinical staffing, Team Rubicon member John Stuhlmacher said.Wisconsin has committed to providing at least 7,000 weekly vaccine doses from the state’s allocation for the Wisconsin Center. We truly appreciate this much-needed support from our federal partners at FEMA that comes at a critical time when Wisconsin is receiving more vaccine and we need more vaccinators getting shots into arms, Evers said. This mass vaccination