DHS to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to vaccinators using on-demand system
May 5, 2021 4:49 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– Demand is going down and supply is going up. So, in an effort to save vaccine from going unused, Wisconsin Department of Health Services is switching its distribution method.
“What we saw last week is a number of vaccinators who had requested vaccine on the survey they sent two weeks prior, canceling some of their orders, because they had sufficient inventory and they did not want to build up their inventory any further,” DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said.
Rather than vaccinators requesting and hoping for all of it to come, they are now able to ask for however many doses they need and DHS will send them that number.
Fraction of COVID vaccine doses ordered for Wisconsin: DHS
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Demand for the vaccines in Wisconsin is softening
Wisconsin health officials said Thursday that they ve ordered only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine doses the federal government had set aside for the state for next week, another sign of plateauing interest in the shots.
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin health officials said Thursday, May 6 that they ve ordered only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine doses the federal government had set aside for the state for next week, another sign of plateauing interest in the shots.
The federal government has allocated 86,580 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 65,900 first doses of the Moderna vaccine and 10,200 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the week starting Monday. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Goodsitt said the agency has ordered 9,120 Pfizer doses, 2,070 Moderna doses and just 2,100 Johnson & Johnson doses.
Finding Pfizer vaccines in Dane County ahead of possible Emergency Use Authorization from FDA
May 4, 2021 5:22 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– Local vaccinators are on standby, preparing appointments for as soon as the federal and state governments give the green light to vaccinate kids 12 and up.
Pfizer applied for an Emergency Use Authorization to vaccinate kids ages 12 to 15, and the FDA is expected to authorize it early next week, according to media reports.
“We will be ready to distribute that and support our vaccinators in admitting vaccines,” Wisconsin DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said.
There’s about 300,000 kids that fall into the 12-15 age group in Wisconsin, according to Willems Van Dijk.
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