Long Term Care Facilities Vaccinations Begin Monday

Saturday, December 26th, 2020 -- 8:15 AM

(WBAY) -On Monday, people in long-term health care facilities will start getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.

Two weeks ago, the state’s Department of Health Services (DHS) activated its partnership with the CDC and CVS Health to help with this massive vaccination undertaking.  “We take our vaccine allocated to Wisconsin and reallocate some of it to the program to provide the vaccines to pharmacy chains to go into facilities and vaccinate both residents and staff who opted to receive the vaccine,” said DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk.  CVS Health is preparing its team to start this effort on Monday, December 28.  “We’re working together for the common good,” said Jeffrey Lackey, vice president of talent acquisition for CVS Health.

To bolster its team of health care professionals, the pharmacy giant is hoping to hire more than 400 Wisconsinites soon.  “I am absolutely confident that we’re going to hire that and more because I do think that folks just want to be a part of this part of the solution,” said Lackey.  CVS Health is looking to hire 400 additional registered pharmacists, registered nurses and pharmacy technicians to administer the shots to the most vulnerable in the state.

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