Wisconsin:What You Need to Know When will COVID-19 vaccine be available for different groups........

COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know
When will COVID-19 vaccine be available for different groups?

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/vaccine-about.htm


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer vaccine(link is external) and the Moderna vaccine.(link is external) You can find the other COVID-19 vaccines that are in trial phases II or III(link is external) through this COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker.(link is external)

We know that everyone is excited to get the vaccine, but right now we don't have enough vaccine supply for everyone in Wisconsin. Until vaccine supply increases, we are following vaccine prioritization guidelines from the the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)(link is external) and the Wisconsin State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (SDMAC).


We are in Phase 1A of the vaccine prioritization guidelines. Right now, in the early weeks of Phase 1A, the few doses we have are available to frontline health care providers and skilled nursing facility staff and residents. As vaccine supply increases, other health care personnel and long-term care facility residents and staff will be offered COVID-19 vaccination. We expect that it will take several months to vaccinate everyone eligible in Phase 1A.

After we get more vaccine supply and vaccinate those in Phase 1A, we anticipate that Phase 1B may include persons aged ≥75 years and non–health care frontline essential workers. Then we anticipate in Phase 1C, persons aged 65–74 years, persons aged 16–64 years with high-risk medical conditions, and essential workers not included in Phase 1B will start receiving COVID-19 vaccine. This information is subject to change based on further guidlines and vaccine supply.




While you are waiting for your turn to get the vaccine, there are a few things you can do.

Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine on the CDC's website(link is external) and become a vaccine advocate for your friends and family.
Bookmark this website and check back in a few weeks as we update information frequently.
It is important to continue wearing masks, physical distancing, washing our hands, and getting tested and isolating if you have signs and symptoms of COVID-19. If we continue to use all these COVID-19 precaution tools, we stand the best chance of getting our families, communities, schools, and workplaces “moving forward” sooner.

How many vaccine doses have been allocated to Wisconsin? How many people have been vaccinated?

The first shipments of vaccine arrived in Wisconsin on Monday, December 14, with the first vaccinations occurring that afternoon. Hospitals and clinics have a number of steps they must take in order to begin administering the vaccine. They are doing everything they can to vaccinate as quickly and safely as possible. As efforts ramp up, we expect to see the amount of people vaccinated keep pace with the amount of vaccine shipped to Wisconsin.

From December 14 through 20, the first week of Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program rollout, the state’s vaccine data are as follows:

84,825 doses of Pfizer and 100,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine have been allocated to Wisconsin.
10,358 total doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered and reported to the Wisconsin Immunization Registry, including 10,358 doses of Pfizer.

These numbers will be updated weekly. The federal government will continue to provide Wisconsin with vaccine doses as more supply becomes available. Allocations of the FDA-authorized vaccines are expected to increase in the coming weeks and months.
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