COVID-19 Vaccination in Nursing Communities to Start in Wisconsin This Week

The Wisconsin State Journal reports that residents and staff in nursing communities throughout the state are scheduled to be vaccinated for COVID-19 starting this week, with those in assisted living communities to receive inoculations starting in January. CVS and Walgreens are expected to use some of Wisconsin's apportionment of the recently approved Moderna vaccine to start immunizing about 28,500 residents and a similar number of staff at the state's 360 nursing communities as soon as today. After the pharmacy chains supply the first dose of the two-dose vaccine to residents and staff who want it, they intend to start giving initial shots to the approximately 67,000 residents and a similar number of staff at 4,500 or so assisted living communities before the end of next month.