Gov. Tony Evers calls smaller shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week 'unacceptable' Currently, states are not informed of their next allocation until just days before it ships, which Evers said complicates distribution efforts by the state Department of Health Services, Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management. Written By: Mitchell Schmidt / The Wisconsin State Journal | 6:00 pm, Dec. 20, 2020 × Infectious disease nurse practitioner Sherry Johnson, of Duluth, uses a syringe to draw Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine from a vial Friday at St. Luke's hospital in Duluth. The vials contain enough vaccine for five doses. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com) Gov. Tony Evers on Friday, Dec. 18, lambasted news that Wisconsin will receive almost 15,000 fewer doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in this week's shipment as "unacceptable."