UW Health has 8 times more vaccination appointments than vaccines on-hand
February 8, 2021 9:52 AM Logan Rude
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MADISON, Wis. UW Health has roughly eight times more vaccination appointments scheduled than available, on-hand doses.
The Madison-based healthcare provider released its new COVID-19 vaccine dashboard Monday morning. According to the data, UW Health had 29,609 total scheduled vaccination appointments and only 3,661 doses of vaccine on hand.
UW Health officials said they plan to reach out to reschedule many of the scheduled vaccination appointments.
Dr. Matt Anderson, senior medical director for primary care at UW Health, said the dashboard can give patients clarity about the process.
JANESVILLE, Wis. On Thursday night the Janesville School District announced that there would be no school next Friday to allow 1,300 district staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine through Mercyhealth.
But the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said teachers are not eligible to get vaccinated yet. Still, the school staff are planning to get vaccinated.
“Per Mercyhealth, the district is still on schedule to receive vaccinations next week as yesterday’s release indicated,” said Patrick Gasper with the School District of Janesville.
The state is still working to vaccinate the 1A population, which includes healthcare workers and nursing home residents and staff.