Governor Tony Evers has called for better availability of the Pfizer vaccine in Wisconsin. Yesterday the state was informed that rather than the 49,725 doses of vaccine that were expected next week the state will only receive 35,100.
Governor Evers recently announced that the state will be rolling out a contact tracing app for COVID-19 exposures, to be called WI Exposure Notification. This app uses Bluetooth connections to other cell phone users to keep track of what other app users you have been in close contact with. The application is totally voluntary and must be enabled on each cell phone individually.
At 1:30 PM today the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will hold a Vaccine Q&A session, answering questions about the COVID-19 vaccine in the state.
Who:
Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Stephanie Schauer, Ph.D., Division of Public Health Immunization Program Manager
Update - I spoke with one of the strike organizers at MHS.
The Menomonie School District recently announced that the high school will resume in-person classes at Menomonie High School on Monday, Dec. 14. The district had closed the High School previously due to the pandemic, and particularly because illness and quarantine cases for the staff had made it difficult to continue classes.
This is this week's COVID-19 status update with Dunn County's Health Services Director KT Gallagher. This week KT discusses why COVID numbers are different on different websites, the new guidelines on length of quarantine, how long immunity lasts, and what is going to happen with the new vaccines.
In this week's COVID-19 update, Menomonie School District Superintendent Joe Zydowsky wrote that the Menomonie High School will return to in-person learning on Monday, Dec. 14.
Hello SDMA Families and Staff.
Greetings from the School District of the Menomonie Area. There is a lot of information in this week's update, so information will be grouped in the sections below:
This morning Governor Tony Evers announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) will deploy approximately 45 U.S. Army medical personnel to assist the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19 in Wisconsin. One of the four cities receiving help is Eau Claire, which will receive help at the Marshfield Clinic.
The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is alerting the public of potential COVID-19 exposure at Buddha’s Bar (129 W. Lincoln St. in Augusta) on Thursday, December 3rd from 5:00 pm-2:00 am.
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231 Wisconsin businesses were awarded grants totaling 3 million dollars in the We're All Innovating Contest. This contest awards state CARES act funds to businesses that have found innovative solutions to issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was limited to businesses with 50 or fewer employees and is administered through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
