The BA.5 COVID variant has driven up disease transmission in Milwaukee, sparking the health department's indoor mask advisory and questions about how this latest variant is showing up.
Local health departments, pharmacies, and doctor’s offices are prepared to start vaccinating children ages 6 months to 5 years old. Most places are still just waiting on shipments of the pediatric vaccine from Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS).
UW Health announced Feb. 9 that all of its providers, staff, students, and volunteers will be required to get a COVID-19 booster, it said in a press release.
Officials say 5.4 million N95/KN95 respirator masks have been distributed to over 130 different locations across the state since the beginning of January. This includes more than 3.35 million masks just last week.