New virus strain presents challenge for Wisconsin health experts
New virus strain presents challenge for Wisconsin health experts
With testing down, health experts believe there are more cases of the virus and the new variant than are being recorded.
MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) on Wednesday, Dec. 23 provided an update on a new strain of the coronavirus.
Health experts say the strain could already be in the U.S., but it is not easy to detect. Add to that, testing is down in southeastern Wisconsin and has been since Thanksgiving.
Local health officials warn the new strain may be more contagious. There are no confirmed cases of the particular strain in southeastern Wisconsin, but officials say that does not mean it isn t already here.
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COVID-19 vaccine administered to 1,000+ Wisconsin health care workers
COVID-19 vaccine administered to 1,000+ Wisconsin health care workers
Health care providers like Ascension Wisconsin officially opened its COVID-19 vaccination clinics on Thursday, Dec. 17 after just a handful of employees received shots Wednesday during a final walkthrough.
MILWAUKEE - Health care providers like Ascension Wisconsin officially opened its COVID-19 vaccination clinics on Thursday, Dec. 17 after just a handful of employees received shots Wednesday during a final walkthrough.
Still, health officials say all 50,000 vaccine doses currently being stored across the state aren t going to be used overnight.
As of Wednesday, more than 1,000 frontline health care workers from 45 Wisconsin counties have received their first dose of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Watch Live: Gov. Evers, health officials give COVID-19 update
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MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) Gov. Tony Evers, as well as Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer, DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases; and Ryan Nilsestuen, Chief Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor, will answer questions at 1:30 p.m. Thursday about the state’s response to COVID-19. Watch it live on the News 8 Now Facebook page.
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