As COVID-19 vaccine shipments vary week by week, Agnesian HealthCare has learned that it will receive enough doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for an already planned mass vaccination clinic. The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 10. Under previous mass vaccination clinic plans using the Moderna vaccine, second doses would have been due Mother’s Day weekend. Agnesian HealthCare does have available […]
Beginning Monday everyone age 16 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccine. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she thinks there are a number of reasons the state is opening up the vaccine to everyone earlier than anticipated. Mueller says there may have been pressure because many states around us are already offering the vaccine to everyone. Mueller says the key will be getting enough vaccine doses, which […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's COVID-19 daily case count has jumped to its highest mark since mid-February. State health officials reported 875 confirmed cases on Friday, the highest number of daily cases since Feb. 12, when the figure was 938 cases. The seven-day daily case average increased to 531. The statistic stood at less than 400 cases in mid-March. Eight more people died, including someone under age 20. Three people […]
Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 105 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County. There were five new positive COVID-19 cases in the county Friday bringing the total number of positive cases since the start of the pandemic to 12,032. Currently nobody is hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with the virus.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says a 14-year-old Milwaukee boy has died of complications caused by the coronavirus. It’s the first reported pediatric death caused by the virus in Milwaukee. The Medical Examiner’s Office says the boy also had leukemia and had undergone a bone marrow transplant in 2019. The boy tested positive for the virus last November. Statewide, there have been two prior COVID-19 deaths […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, ruling that the Democratic governor exceeded his authority by unilaterally extending the mandate for months through multiple emergency orders. The 4-3 ruling Wednesday by the conservative-controlled court is the latest legal blow to attempts by Evers to control the coronavirus. It comes after Republicans in the Legislature voted to repeal the mask mandate, […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says news of a third potentially more severe COVID-19 variant detected in Wisconsin is concerning. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that’s why it’s all the more important to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. "Definately something we need to pay attention to and we should be concerned about," Mueller told WFDL news. "...also a very good reason why we're working […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials plan to make everyone in the state who is 16 and older eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting next week. Gov. Tony Evers tweeted Tuesday that anyone 16 or older can get shots beginning next Monday. Currently health care workers, people over 65, nursing home residents and staff, educators and people with underlying health conditions are eligible. State health officials have said that as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have given Republican legislators oversight of federal COVID-19 relief funds. The governor vetoed the bill during a news conference Monday. He says legislative oversight of the money would have caused massive delays in getting it to recipients. The governor says Wisconsin is slated to receive $5 billion in federal aid. He says he will use about […]