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Home›Covid 19›DHS: COVID-19 vaccine available to police, fire personnel

DHS: COVID-19 vaccine available to police, fire personnel

By Jalen Maki
January 19, 2021
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WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) last week announced that police and fire personnel are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, Jan. 18, which begins the first step into vaccination phase 1B for the state.

Wisconsin began vaccinating the 1A population, which includes front line health care workers and residents of long term care facilities including nursing homes and assisted living facilities, on Dec. 14, 2020. There are 1,098 entities fully registered and ready to provide COVID-19 vaccines in Wisconsin, according to DHS.

“Local health departments will be leading the coordination for the vaccination of police and fire personnel, as well as Emergency Medical Services and unaffiliated health care providers in their jurisdictions,” DHS said in a release from Monday, Jan. 11. “Local health departments will work in partnership with local vaccinators, including health care systems and pharmacies. To ensure vaccine access statewide, DHS will also work alongside local health departments in coordinating with police and fire associations.”

“Our goal is to get vaccine to everyone in Wisconsin who wants it as quickly and safely as possible,” DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm said in the release. “Our systems are up and running, now we need more vaccine to get through as many Wisconsinites who want to protect themselves against COVID-19 as possible. We urge everyone to continue wearing masks, washing hands, and socially distancing as we continue to vaccinate more Wisconsinites.”

According to DHS, there are an estimated 550,000 Wisconsinites who qualify under Phase 1A, and as of Friday, Jan. 15, 213,056 vaccines had been administered.

“Wisconsin’s 1A population is proportionally very large in comparison to other states,” DHS said. “Currently, the federal government allocates vaccine based on general population (not 1A population) which lengthened the time to get through 1A for Wisconsin. DHS is still awaiting the final recommendations for the proposed populations for Phase 1B from the State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (SDMAC). Many providers have worked through a portion of their 1A staff and have begun to vaccinate unaffiliated providers such as dentists, emergency medical responders, and public health workers who are eligible in 1A.”

In addition to health providers working their way through front line health care staff, 5,063 facilities have enrolled in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. Since Dec. 28, 193 skilled nursing facilities have completed initial doses vaccination.

“This program was launched to ensure that some of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable populations are protected against COVID-19,” DHS stated. “This private-public partnership pairs eligible long-term care facilities with Walgreens or CVS to provide free, on-site COVID-19 vaccination for residents and staff. There are many clinics scheduled this week and pharmacies will continue to work through that population through February. As pharmacies complete their initial round of vaccine in skilled nursing facility program, they will begin to administer vaccine in assisted living facilities. In addition, some of long term care facilities have contracted directly with other providers, such as local pharmacies or public health departments, and are also able to vaccinate at this time.”

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