Barbara felt ecstatic in January when a Wisconsin Department of Health Services letter confirmed that she and her parents were eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The 28-year-old education student lives with her parents in Milwaukee. All three share caretaking duties for Barbaraâs young child, who is on the autism spectrum. That unpaid work qualifies them as frontline health care personnel in Wisconsinâs vaccine rollout.
Wisconsin Watch is withholding Barbaraâs last name to avoid repercussions for her parents, who are living in the country without legal authorization. The family arrived in Wisconsin from Mexico about two decades ago. Barbara is currently protected from deportation under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which grants some rights to eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Legislation protecting our right to make personal medical decisions and freedom to worship is on its way to the Governor's desk a.
(WAOW) Hospitalizations from COVID-19 in Wisconsin are starting to rise again.
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reports another 93 hospitalizations from the virus. This brings the total of those ever receiving treatment for the virus in Wisconsin hospitals to 28,337.
According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, as of Wednesday afternoon 317 COVID-19 patients are getting treatment in Wisconsin hospitals, the same as the day prior.
Of those, 71 are in the ICU, down five from the day before, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
Hospitalizations had seen a low of 193 COVID-19 patients on March 21. The current hospitalizations are similar to that of the end of February.