Long-term care facilities in Wisconsin could begin to receive doses of a coronavirus vaccine for residents and staff as soon as next week.
State officials are expecting 100,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. That shipment would be double the size of the first shipment received from Pfizer.
The Department of Health Services has joined a federal partnership with the CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains to distribute vaccines to those long-term care facilities.
Wisconsin Public Radio reports state officials hope all residents and workers at the nursing homes could be vaccinated by the end of January.
An estimated 28,000 people live in Wisconsin nursing homes.
Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 2,402 (444,798)
Negative test results: 6,849 (2,266,641)
Patients hospitalized: 146 (19,656)
Deaths: 74 (4,196)
