As more people are becoming eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin, state health officials say they’ve been told vaccine shipments will remain the same over the next three to four weeks.
Starting on Monday, people 65 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.
With people above the age of 60 accounting for 92% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus deaths, state health officials say it was a no brainer deciding who should be vaccinated next.
“It’s still a forest fire burning,” said Julie Willems Van Dijk, the deputy secretary for Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services, when talking about the current state of the pandemic. “We’re starting to see some control of it around the edges, but it’s still a big ole forest fire burning.”
People 65 and older join healthcare workers, longterm care residents and workers, and police and firefighters in those who are vaccine eligible.