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Vaccine now available for all ages 65-plus Beginning Jan. 25, all Wisconsin residents 65-years and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
MONROE Green County Public Health is continuing to vaccinate those individuals who are a part of Tier 1A of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. This tier includes healthcare workers, individuals in long term care facilities, mortuary workers, and police and fire personnel, as defined by the Wisconsin State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee. The department is in contact with organizations and agencies who are a part of this tier to coordinate vaccination efforts.
Beginning on Monday, Jan. 25, individuals age 65 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Green County Public Health’s vaccinating efforts will continue to focus on the groups included in Phase 1A healthcare/personal care workers, individuals in long term facilities, mortuary workers, police and fire personn
Lagging effect of Nov. surge upon us Lafayette Co. halts releasing age-specific data
MONROE We’re seeing the impact of November’s surge of new coronavirus cases in current hospitalizations and deaths, Green County’s public health officer said Dec. 21.
“We tend to see a lagging effect of hospitalizations and deaths. Sometimes the impacts of those positive cases are realized three or four weeks later,” RoAnn Warden said. “Some individuals who test positive and have a more difficult time of fighting off their infections can remain hospitalized for weeks, even, until they’re able to be discharged.”
Although the daily number of active confirmed cases has decreased a bit in December in Green County, hospitalizations are higher than ever. For most of the pandemic, Green County typically reported one to three hospitalized at a time. In recent weeks, that number has kept creeping up and reached a high of 13. As of Dec. 21, nine residen