MADISON, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers blasted federal officials Friday for promising to release the remainder of their COVID-19 vaccine stockpile when it apparently was already exhausted, calling the pledge a “slap in the face.”
Evers has been taking pointed criticism from Republican legislators for weeks over the slow pace of Wisconsin’s vaccine rollout. He told reporters on a conference call on Friday that Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Health Services Secretary Alex Azar told governors this week that they planned to release whatever vaccines the federal government had been holding in reserve to speed inoculations.
But federal officials have since said the stockpile was exhausted when those promises were made and governors can’t expect any windfall shipments. The news has escalated tensions and uncertainty about the sluggish pace of inoculations and who’s responsible for it. Evers accused Pence and Azar of misleading governors.
Sheboygan dispatcher takes 911 call she will not soon forget
If there’s an emergency in Sheboygan County, dispatcher Chris Damkot might take the call.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - If there’s an emergency in Sheboygan County, dispatcher Chris Damkot might take the call. It’s very unexpected from the day-to-day. When you walk in, you never know what’s going to happen. I like helping people, said Chris Damkot, 911 dispatcher.
Chris Damkot
When she picked up the phone Thursday morning, Jan. 14, a man told Damkot in a very calm voice that his wife was in labor. She was due next week and she was in a lot of pain, Damkot said.
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) Wisconsin is launching a mobile coronavirus vaccination program next week. Gov. Tony Evers, who announced the effort Friday, said says nine mobile labs will be dispatched across the state starting Tuesday. Staffing the labs will be members of the Wisconsin National Guard, as well as pharmacy and nursing student volunteers through a partnership with the University of.
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers blasted federal officials Friday for promising to release the remainder of their COVID-19 vaccine stockpile when it apparently was already exhausted, calling the pledge a “slap in the face.” Evers has been taking pointed criticism from Republican legislators for weeks over the slow pace of Wisconsin’s vaccine rollout. He told reporters on a conference call on Friday that Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Health Services Secretary Alex Azar told governors this week that they planned to release whatever vaccines the federal government had been holding in reserve