SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM DANE COUNTY
EMERGENCY TEAMS REMEMBERING
THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE AREA
FROM COVID-19.
AND EVEN AS SOMBER MEMORIALS ARE
GIVEN, WISCONSIN'S CASE NUMBERS
REMAIN COMPARATIVELY LOW, LOW
ENOUGH THAT DANE COUNTY LOOSENED
RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC
GATHERINGS.
RESTAURANTS CAN NOW SERVE UP TO
50% CAPACITY.
TAVERNS MAY OPEN THE DOORS TO UP
TO 25% CAPACITY.
SO FAR IN WISCONSIN, MORE THAN
ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED
THE FIRST DOSE OF VACCINE.
THAT AMOUNTS TO OVER 17 OF% OF THE
POPULATION AUTHORIZED.
JUST OVER A HALF MILLION
WISCONSINITES HAVE COMPLETED THE
SERIES.
THAT'S NEARLY 10% OF THE
ELIGIBLE POPULATION.
WHILE THE NUMBERS SHOW PROGRESS
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID,
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS STILL
STRONGER ENCOURAGE PERSONAL
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
AND NOW THE NEED FOR CONTINUED
TESTING PARALLELS THE VACCINE
SUPPLY AND DEMAND, INCLUDING
SHIPMENTS OF THE NEW JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE HEADED INTO
WISCONSIN NEXT WEEK.
>> THE ADDITION OF THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE TO OUR FEDERAL
ALLOCATION AND THE NEWS OF
INCREASED PRODUCTION FOR ALL
THREE VACCINES MEANS OUR STATE
WILL GET MORE VACCINE.
THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE
EFFORT, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
REFINE AND IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS
AND PROCESSES, AND WITH MORE
VACCINE SUPPLY, WE WILL BE ABLE
TO MORE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE OUR
NETWORK OF VACCINATORS ACROSS
WISCONSIN TO GET SHOTS IN ARMS
QUICKLY, SAFELY AND EQUITABLY.
>> MORE VACCINE FLOWING INTO
WISCONSIN NEXT WEEK IS
ESPECIALLY WELL-TIMED.
THAT'S BECAUSE DEPUTY SECRETARY
VAN DYKE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE
GROWING PRESENCE OF CORONAVIRUS
VARIANTS IN THE STATE.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 19
CASES OF THE B1 VARIANT FOUND IN
WISCONSIN.
THAT'S THE HIGHLY