Wisconsin will receive 47,000 doses next week of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
Gov. Tony Evers calls this amount a “game changer” in the state’s fight against COVID-19.
That news came Monday – the same day teachers, child care workers, grocery store employees and others in a group of about 700,000 became eligible for the vaccine.
The state is urging people to check its vaccine availability map of local providers.
A new statewide vaccine registry was also launched Monday.
It’s only being used by a small number of local health departments, but that’s expected to grow in coming weeks.
