Wisconsin Department of Health Services to Deploy Mobile Vaccination Teams

Monday, January 18th, 2021 -- 12:08 PM

(WMTV) The Dept. of Health Services plans to deploy mobile vaccination teams to reach more people as state health officials prepare to allow more people to receive their first doses.

When the program launches on Tuesday, Jan. 19, the state will have nine teams ready to go with plans already in place to add more, Gov. Tony Evers’ office announced Friday. They will be made up of members of the Wisconsin National Guard and volunteer pharmacy or nursing students.

A day before the teams start rolling, DHS expects to start offering the coronavirus vaccine to individuals in the 1B group, starting with police officers and firefighters.

DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm called the program “an especially critical tool” for the state’s vaccine rollout, pointing out that the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated health inequalities in Wisconsin, in which some communities have less access and resources to be treated.

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