Credit Office of the Secretary of Defense
Now is the time to get your COVID-19 vaccine if you haven’t already done so, according to Governor Tony Evers.
In a COVID update with the Department of Health Services on Wednesday, the Governor urged people to get vaccinated.
“Summer is right around the corner and getting vaccinated will also us to get back to all the gatherings and events we miss,” said Evers.
More than two million Wisconsinites are fully vaccinated.
DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said we’re no longer seeing the urgency of getting a vaccine like we did earlier this year.
More than 60% of Dane County residents have gotten at least one vaccine dose, highest statewide
May 7, 2021 1:12 PM Logan Rude
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MADISON, Wis. Dane County is leading the state in the percent of residents at least partially vaccinated, and is inching closer to getting half of county residents fully vaccinated.
According to the latest data snapshot from Public Health Madison & Dane County, a total of 60.7% of Dane County’s population has gotten at least one dose of vaccine. Nearly half of eligible residents, roughly 47.2%, have finished their vaccine series. Among Dane County’s population currently eligible for vaccination (people 16 and older), 74% have gotten at least one dose of vaccine.
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin health officials said Thursday that they’ve ordered only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine doses the federal government had set aside for the state for next week, another sign of plateauing interest in the shots.
Interest in the vaccine has been waning across the country. President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that it would shift doses from states with lower demand to states with more interest.
The federal government has allocated 86,580 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 65,900 first doses of the Moderna vaccine and 10,200 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the week starting Monday. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Goodsitt said the agency has ordered 9,120 Pfizer doses, 2,070 Moderna doses and just 2,100 Johnson & Johnson doses.
DHS to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to vaccinators using on-demand system
May 5, 2021 4:49 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– Demand is going down and supply is going up. So, in an effort to save vaccine from going unused, Wisconsin Department of Health Services is switching its distribution method.
“What we saw last week is a number of vaccinators who had requested vaccine on the survey they sent two weeks prior, canceling some of their orders, because they had sufficient inventory and they did not want to build up their inventory any further,” DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said.
Rather than vaccinators requesting and hoping for all of it to come, they are now able to ask for however many doses they need and DHS will send them that number.
Fraction of COVID vaccine doses ordered for Wisconsin: DHS
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Demand for the vaccines in Wisconsin is softening
Wisconsin health officials said Thursday that they ve ordered only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine doses the federal government had set aside for the state for next week, another sign of plateauing interest in the shots.
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin health officials said Thursday, May 6 that they ve ordered only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine doses the federal government had set aside for the state for next week, another sign of plateauing interest in the shots.
The federal government has allocated 86,580 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 65,900 first doses of the Moderna vaccine and 10,200 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the week starting Monday. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Goodsitt said the agency has ordered 9,120 Pfizer doses, 2,070 Moderna doses and just 2,100 Johnson & Johnson doses.