The Waupun city administrator says COVID-19 will continue to be the biggest challenge for the city in the new year. "Nothing like we've ever seen before," city administrator Kathy Schlieve told WFDL news. "I joked with some of my friends that had I known this was going to be part of my job I'm not sure I would have signed up for it." Aside from the pandemic Kathy Schlieve says plans […]
Red Cross blood donors could win a trip to next year’s Super Bowl by helping tackle a COVID-19 plasma shortage. American Red Cross Wisconsin chapter spokeswoman Laura McGuire says as rising COVID cases across the country has led to a shortage of convalescent plasma. Blood or platelet donors in January are automatically entered to win two tickets to next year’s Super Bowl in Los Angelas, and a large screen television and $500 gift […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Hospital performed a record 548 organ transplants last year, even though the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary closure of part of its transplant program. Mike Anderson is executive director of UW Organ and Tissue Donation. He said the hospital had 173 deceased donors last year, up from the previous record of 150. He said part of that was due to an increase […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin corrections officials say two additional inmates have died from coronavirus in the state’s prison system, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 25. The additional deaths come as more than half of the state’s roughly 20,000 prisoners have been infected. Department of Corrections spokesman John Beard say inmates who have tested positive have been medically isolated and those exposed have been quarantined “as space […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has broken 500,000 positive cases of the coronavirus, two days after the state eclipse 5,000 dead. As of Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports that 502,012 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 5,119 have died. Wisconsin’s death count is the 22nd highest in the country overall and the 32nd highest per capita at 94 deaths per 100,000 people. Over the past two […]
The COVID-19 vaccination program will follow prioritization guidelines and recommendations set forth by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the WI State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (SDMAC). In anticipation of increased vaccine availability locally, Fond du Lac County Health Department is putting out a call to independent healthcare workers who need a COVID-19 vaccine and are not employed by a facility who can vaccinate them. Currently, rollout […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is divided on a coronavirus response bill that the state Assembly has passed but that the Senate GOP leader says his chamber opposes. Even if the current bill were to somehow pass the full Legislature, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signaled his opposition and would likely veto the measure. Evers and Assembly Democrats have their own proposals that Republicans don't support. The […]
The Vice President of Pharmacy Services for SSM Health Wisconsin Region says healthcare workers at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac are getting their booster COVID-19 vaccine shot this week. The first doses were administered last month and Mo Kharbat says more doses continue to arrive. "At St. Agnes and healthcare workers for SSM Health in the greater Fond du Lac area we gave between St. Agnes Hospital and Waupun Memorial, about […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin surpassed 5,000 deaths from COVID-19, as the total number of cases neared half a million. The state Department of Health Services reported 60 additional deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total to 5,039. There have been nearly 495,000 positive cases to date. The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin peaked in mid-November and had been declining since, but started to rise again in late December. […]