May 7, 2021
Student and athlete Evan Johnson receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Annette Seibold at the Florence County Health Department. This vaccine has been approved for the general population ages 16 years of age and older. Once you receive the COVID vaccine and are considered fully vaccinated, individuals no longer have to quarantine after being exposed to the virus, health department officials noted. To schedule an appointment for the Pfizer vaccine, please go to https://florencewipublichealth.com/covid.htm to self-schedule an appointment. The department is also conducting a Johnson & Johnson vaccine drive- thru clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Pat’s Foods in Florence.
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According to state health officials, COVID-19 has more severe consequences in older adults and prioritizing this population will help protect more Wisconsinites from serious illness and death. (Shutterstock)
ACROSS WISCONSIN The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Tuesday that adults over the age of 65 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Jan. 25.
Currently, front-line health care workers, residents in long-term care facilities (nursing homes and assisted living facilities), and police and fire personnel are eligible.
There are approximately 700,000 Wisconsinites who are 65 and older and Wisconsin currently receives around 70,000 first-dose vaccines per week from the federal government. It will take time to vaccinate this population in Wisconsin, according to state health officials.
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Madison has been selected as the hub for regional vaccine distribution. (Photo of by John Maniaci, UW Health).
Florence County is one of just 110 counties nationwide without a retail pharmacy capable of providing immunization services. Five other rural counties in Wisconsin have just one such pharmacy.Â
The availability of several COVID-19 vaccine access points will be important for immunizing people in the hard-to-reach rural corners of the country, yet hundreds of counties donât have adequate access to retail pharmacies, according to a policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa.