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Teachers to begin getting vaccinated March 1 in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s next wave of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, known as Phase 1B, begins on March 1st.
“As noted when we announced this group back in January, the top of the priority of the additional eligible groups are our educators and child care providers,” Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said Tuesday.
The state is on pace for its target of getting 50 percent of those 65 and older vaccinated with a first dose, in order to begin Phase 1b, according to Willems Van Dijk.
“We want our kids in school, we know a number of school districts have been in person since early in the year, and we know a number of additional school districts are moving in that direction,” she said. “And we know teachers work every day with a population that is not able to be vaccinated because of their age.”
In Racine, La Crosse and Marathon counties. Any eligible state resident can register to get vaccine. //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
A person enters the Blackhawk Technical College community-based coronavirus vaccination clinic Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Janesville, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
Over the next two months, Wisconsin will open four new community-based vaccination clinics, Gov.
One clinic will be split between Barron and Douglas counties, while the others will be located in Racine, La Crosse and Marathon counties. A community-based vaccination clinic opened at Blackhawk Technical College in Rock County last week.