MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin National Guard’s vaccinated teams have helped administer nearly 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines since late January.
According to a news release, guard personnel on mobile vaccination teams have responded to requests in more than a dozen counties, including Milwaukee, Rock and Kenosha.
Teams have also collected more than one million COVID testing specimens since last April at community-based testing sites and institutional-based testing missions.
“The collaboration between the Wisconsin National Guard, Department of Health Services, and communities and organizations throughout the state has been incredible,” said Capt. Amanda Dickenson, the Wisconsin National Guard’s officer-in-charge for the vaccine and specimen collection action team. “It is constantly evolving and allowing us all to grow in our efficiencies, outreach, and availability to provide easy access to COVID vaccinations to all Wisconsin’s citizens as a team. It is because of these relationships that we have been able to reach a milestone of 100,000 vaccinations administered only month’s into the collective vaccination efforts.”
Nearly 500 citizen soldiers and airmen are currently serving in direct support of the state’s ongoing virus response.
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