By Naomi Kowles
Jan 21, 2021 7:04 PM
MADISON, Wis. Health officials at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services asked for patience on Thursday as they warned vaccine shipments from the federal government were unlikely to increase for at least three to four more weeks. Since the state announced that the 65+ year old population was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week, health care systems say they’re fielding a torrent of calls from patients asking when they’d be able to get theirs.
“We have definitely seen an influx of calls coming in,” Natalie Tollefson from Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics. “Not only to our health care organization…but also throughout our county.”
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers defended Wisconsin’s vaccination efforts in the face of increasing Republican criticism Thursday, while urging patience because the number of people eligible will expand exponentially next week.
Everyone over age 65 about 700,000 people will be able to get a shot starting Monday, and the state Department of Health Services is considering a recommendation that teachers, grocery store workers, transit workers and others be added to the priority list. That would make more than 40% of Wisconsin’s total population, or about 2 million people, eligible for vaccination.
“That is a lot of people,” said Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. “We don’t yet have enough vaccine for all of those folks.”
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin will provide a daily update on COVID-19 cases in central Wisconsin, including confirmed test results, new cases, deaths, negative test results and recovered patients, when available. The following information was provided Thursday afternoon by local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
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