FOND DU LAC – COVID-19 vaccines will be rolled out to portions of the public, beginning Jan. 27, in the city of Fond du Lac.
Fond du Lac County Health Department, in partnership with Emergency Management and Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics specific for individuals age 65 and older on Jan. 27 at Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds Expo Center.
This marks another step into Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout. Police and fire personnel began receiving vaccines this week, Health Officer Kim Mueller said.
Currently, vaccine rollout is for those in Phase 1a and specific groups within Phase 1b. No other groups have been defined yet and information on the rest of Phase 1b eligibility will be shared as available, Mueller said.
Initial vaccinations will go to healthcare workers
Jessica Mlodzik, RN, an administrative supervisor at Ripon Medical Center, is one frontline health care worker at the hospital to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine following a shipment this week. submitted photo
Ripon Medical Center, a member of Agnesian HealthCare, has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week and has begun to administer to its healthcare workers.Â
âOur first goal is to get the staff protected so they can continue to care for our patients,â said DeAnn Thurmer, Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital president.
Moderna was authorized on December 18 for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in people ages 18 and older. Modernaâs vaccine has a 94.1 percent efficacy rate. Like the Pfizer vaccine, Modernaâs is given in two doses