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(WKOW) – The group of Wisconsinites eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines is growing this week. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) said more than 700,000 newly eligible people will be able to receive vaccines.
The list includes educators, grocery store workers, bus drivers, 911 dispatchers, mink farmers, inmates, non-essential healthcare workers and roommates. The list also includes people enrolled in Medicaid long-term care programs.
According to DHS, education and child care staff will take priority in the new group. However, the agency asked vaccinators to continue to prioritize previously eligible groups over new groups.
After officials in Dane County announced that teachers’ vaccination would be postponed, SSM Health announced that it would be able to start vaccinating trainings this week after all. On-site vaccination clinics begin Tuesday, a day after teachers became eligible for the vaccine.
Educators from Waunakee and Sun Prairie will be among the first to get vaccinated. Waunakee staff will begin receiving vaccines on Tuesday and Sun Prairie staff will begin receiving vaccines on Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine on Sunday. Since it has the green light, it could start shipping soon. Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine is the third COVID-19 vaccine to receive emergency use authorization.
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