Everyone over 65 next in line for vaccine in Wisconsin
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Prepared COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine syringes are seen at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Illinois received about 43,000 doses in its first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine Monday as health officials reported another 103 coronavirus deaths statewide. Most of the shots will be distributed to local health care centers for health care workers, according to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker s office. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) â Everyone over age 65 in Wisconsin will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday but it could take a couple of months to inoculate the entire group of 700,000 people, state health officials said.
In the first two weeks of the year, more than 38,000 people have died from the virus in the U.S.That s almost two deaths every minute. And the CDC now projects that as many as 92,000 more deaths could be reported over the next three weeks.  There is some promising news though.The U.S. has now administered more than 10 million doses of vaccines. Following new guidance from the Trump administration, California is now offering the vaccine to people 65 or older.Â
All information current as of Monday, Jan. 18.
CVS Pharmacy
The only permanent daily test site in Racine County listed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is CVS Pharmacy, 3915 Durand Ave., Racine.
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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.