MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin health officials are confirming 19 new deaths due to the coronavirus, all but two of which were in Milwaukee County. The update posted MOnday lifted the number of fatalities since the start of the pandemic to 5,470. The COVID Tracking Project reports that the death count is the 23rd highest in the country overall and the 32nd highest per capita at nearly 102 deaths per 100,000 […]
Many Fond du Lac firefighters got a jump start to the COVID-19 vaccine that is being rolled out to Wisconsin firefighters and police are officers this week. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says several Fond du Lac firefighters have already been vaccinated. O’Leary says about 70 percent of Fond du Lac firefighters have indicated they will get the vaccine. O’Leary says it took about a week to vaccinate the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top health official who has led the state throughout the coronavirus pandemic is leaving for a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under incoming President Joe Biden. Andrea Palm, secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, has been nominated as deputy secretary of the federal agency. Palm will work to fulfill Biden’s pledge to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines and […]
Fond du Lac County has topped 11,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There were 51 new confirmed cases on Friday bringing to 11,039 the total number of cases in the county. There have been 73 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the start of the pandemic.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is launching a mobile coronavirus vaccination program next week. Gov. Tony Evers announced the effort Friday. Evers says nine mobile labs will be dispatched across the state starting Tuesday. They will be staffed by members of the Wisconsin National Guard as well as pharmacy and nursing student volunteers through a partnership with the University of Wisconsin System. Evers' administration also announced pharmacy chains CVS and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans are grilling Wisconsin health officials about why they can't speed up COVID-19 vaccinations. The Assembly's health committee held a hearing Thursday to investigate why vaccinations have been moving slowly. The committee's chairman, Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, says it's unacceptable that the general public has to wait until summer for shots. He demanded to know how Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration can speed up administering doses. […]
The announcement by governor Tony Evers this week concerning the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to the general public illustrates the frustration in the distribution of the vaccine from the federal government. Up until now health officials were hoping to distribute the vaccine to the general public starting in March or early April. This week governor Evers estimated that members of the general public won’t be vaccinated until June. Fond du Lac […]
Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says a pared-down COVID-19 relief package approved by the state senate this week is a win for Wisconsin. "It has liability protections for our schools, non-profits and businesses. It's something a lot of our schools in the area have been asking for," Feyen told WFDL news. Feyen says he hopes the Assembly can realize there are good things in the bill. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A state board has suspended the license of a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of ruining more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine because he thought it was unsafe. Steven Brandenburg was working at Advocate Aurora Health in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, when he was arrested last month. The arrested followed an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine. He has not been […]