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Residents and workers at all Wisconsin nursing homes expected to get first round of COVID-19 vaccine by end of month Share Last updated on January 7th, 2021 at 05:21 pm The effort to get the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to the residents and workers in Wisconsin’s 360 nursing facilities is on track to be completed by the end of the month, according to a long-term care industry leader. The vaccination program, which launched last week in Wisconsin as part of a federal partnership with Walgreens and CVS, involves giving a shot to roughly 56,000 residents and workers in skilled nursing facilitie...

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two pharmacy chains have launched a massive effort Monday to inject tens of thousands of Wisconsin nursing home residents and workers with a COVID-19 vaccine, offering a sliver of hope to a population devastated by the runaway disease. CVS Health and Walgreens teams started visiting homes and inoculating residents and staff with the Moderna vaccine Monday morning, said Rick Abrams, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Health Care Association/Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living. The nonprofit organization advocates for the state’s long-term care industr...