Wisconsin s promised vaccine registry site has launched with just one vaccinator while state works out glitches Daphne Chen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin s promised vaccine registry site launched Wednesday with just one participant, as the health department works out glitches with the Microsoft-designed software.
The state-sponsored vaccination clinic in Rock County is the only vaccinator available at www.vaccinate.wi.gov.
In a news briefing Tuesday, state Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said the department ran into some components that were not functioning the way we anticipated during pilot testing last week and over the weekend.
Others eligible
Teachers and child care workers on Monday joined other groups eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, including frontline health care workers, nursing home and assisted-living residents, police officers, firefighters, correctional workers and residents 65 and older.
Also eligible starting Monday, but prioritized after teachers and child care workers, are: people in Medicaid long-term care programs, including those with disabilities; workers in public transit, all parts of the food industry and some other sectors; other essential health care workers; and residents in congregate living settings, including group homes, prisons and jails.
Willems Van Dijk said eligibility for other groups, such as people under 65 with chronic diseases, will be announced âvery soon.â
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On Monday, a group of 52 Republican lawmakers called on Gov. Tony Evers to distribute the rest of the state’s federal educational COVID-19 relief funds to districts that have been teaching in-person since the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.