Health departments in Door and Kewaunee counties are vaccinating who they can and when they can, but a lot of that depends on the supply they are given by the state and federal government. Door County announced earlier this week they only received 30 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines they requested from the state government. It forced the Door County Public Health Department to cancel many of the appointments they had set up for its vaccine clinics on Thursday and Friday and to stop taking appointments altogether. The state Department of Health Services announced this week it would be expanding its Phase 1B-eligible residents to include teachers, child-care workers, and some public-facing essential workers on March 1st. Just like everyone else, Door County Public Health Educator Chelsea Smies says that will depend on how much of the COVID-19 vaccine they receive.
DHS officials announced on Thursday over 83,000 Wisconsinites have completed the COVID-19 vaccination series. Just under 5 percent of the state’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, which is even with Illinois’ progress (4.8 percent) and lags behind Minnesota (5.3 percent), Michigan (6.3 percent), Iowa (5.2 percent), and Indiana (6.4 percent).
UPDATE FOR DOOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
