By Kevin Zimmermann
Apr 22, 2021 6:20 AM
In an effort to make a COVID-19 vaccination even easier to get, Prevea Health is now accepting walk-ins at its UW-Green Bay Sheboygan Campus, along with three other sites scattered across the state.
Although one doesn’t need to schedule an appointment, the free walk-in vaccinations are only given during specific times of day, and those can be found either online or by phone. Outside of those times, appointments will still be needed.
Walk-in information can be found by visiting www.prevea.com/
vaccineor calling 1 (833) 344-4373. Per the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, everyone in Wisconsin ages 16 and older is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine at no cost.
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Grocery aid confusion: Families who qualify told theyâd get $0
MILWAUKEE - It’s a problem that could keep a parent awake at night how to feed their child when schools aren’t open to provide free meals?
Grocery benefits are now available in Wisconsin through a program called Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT). Families are eligible for up to $6.82 per day per child for meals typically provided by schools, but were not, during virtual learning.
Creating confusion is that many families who qualify for P-EBT got a letter from the State of Wisconsin telling them they’d get zero dollars in benefits.
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DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 587,710 on Monday, Apr. 12 to 590,831 on Monday, Apr. 19. That is a statewide increase of 5,121 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,680 to 6,710, an additional 30 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
As of Monday, April 19, there have been 212 million vaccine doses administered in the U.S., and more than half of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. There have now been 31,484,148 cases of COVID in the U.S., and 564,292 deaths.
The state Department of Health Services (DHS) reported its seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has declined for four consecutive days. It s been a month (March 20) since that last occurred. The seven-day average number of COVID-19 in-patients, as tracked by the Wisconsin Hospital Association, has risen for 13 consecutive days.