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EAU CLAIRE â The first-ever doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Eau Claire Tuesday at Mayo Clinic Health System, marking the beginning of a massive vaccination effort in the Chippewa Valley and the nation thatâs expected to last long into 2021.
Front-line workers will be the first to receive the vaccine at Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, according to the clinic.
Mayo Clinic got its first doses of the vaccine from the state Department of Health Services.
Wisconsinâs first 10,000 doses first arrived Monday, and health care workers got their first doses quickly after. Another 35,000 doses are expected in Wisconsin by the end of next week, the Associated Press reported Monday.
EAU CLAIRE â Members of a new task force on local communicable disease ordinances were announced Tuesday.
Nineteen people from a variety of backgrounds will constitute the task force, which is charged with reviewing current communicable disease ordinances and recommending potential changes to the Eau Claire City Council and County Board. The County Board approved the task force members during its meeting Tuesday night.
Eight people will also form a non-voting advisory group, which can provide information to the task force. The task force also will likely have a non-voting facilitator, but a person has not been named yet.
The task force is a cooperative effort between Eau Claire County, the city of Eau Claire and the City-County Board of Health. Its first meeting will likely occur in January.
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The teams arrived Dec. 5 at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield and Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam, and began working Dec. 6. The teams are comprised of physicians, registered nurses, paramedics and advance practice clinicians. DMAT personnel deploy for up to 14 days. After 14 days, the state may submit a request for additional support, if needed.
“The staff at our Marshfield and Beaver Dam hospitals have worked tirelessly the past two months as COVID-19 surged in our communities. They need a break,” said Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Dr. Susan Turney in a news release. “Beaver Dam remains one of the nation’s hotspots for COVID-19 and we needed the additional support. We app