Ted S. Warren
A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. Pfizer has committed to supply up to 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get affordable vaccines to 92 poor and middle-income countries. The deal announced Friday, Jan. 22 will supply the shots to the program known as COVAX.
MADISON, Wis. Monday is the first day Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services says people aged 65 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
If you qualify, the process of scheduling an appointment to get the vaccine varies depending on who you use as your health care provider.
JANESVILLE, Wis. – Nearly 1,300 staff members from the School District of Janesville were given the option to take the COVID-19 vaccine Friday.
Students at every level got the day off of school, while teachers and other faculty members took turns getting shots at Mercyhealth in Janesville.
“I’m very excited that we’re having this opportunity to get vaccinated so early and get back to normal hopefully sometime soon,” said Ahlia Dupree, who teaches math at Janesville Craig. “I was just really excited knowing that we had got this chance. I know the medical professionals deserve to get it first…It’s just thrilling to hopefully keep us as safe as possible and keep our kids safe.”