City and county will target 10 Milwaukee zip codes for vaccination.
By
Graham Kilmer - Mar 16th, 2021 07:23 pm
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COVID-19 vaccine. (Pixabay License).
In Milwaukee and across the state officials announced aggressive expansions of vaccine eligibility beginning next week.
The state Department of Health Services announced that anyone 16 years or older with a chronic health condition that puts them at risk of COVID-19 will be eligible for vaccine beginning next week Monday, March 22nd, a week earlier than originally planned. This will make an estimated 2 million additional people eligible to receive a vaccine.
The City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County also announced an expansion of a program targeting ZIP codes for vaccination that have the highest scores on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index.