Milwaukee Overall health Division Announces Upcoming Alterations to COVID-19 Solutions

FOR Quick RELEASE: March 17, 2023

Milwaukee Overall health Division Announces Upcoming Alterations to COVID-19 Solutions

MILWAUKEE – Following the announcement of the expiration of the federal emergency declaration on May possibly 11, and the finish of the Wisconsin Division of Overall health Solutions Neighborhood Testing Assistance Plan, the Milwaukee Overall health Division announces upcoming alterations to COVID-19 neighborhood vaccination and testing web pages.

Currently, March 17, will be the final day COVID-19 vaccination is available at the Menomonee Valley COVID-19 Drive-Thru Clinic (2401 W. St. Paul Ave.). COVID-19 vaccination will continue to be accessible for no cost with no an appointment at Milwaukee Overall health Division clinics. Hours of operation are accessible at Milwaukee.gov/COVIDvax.

On Monday, April three, vaccination clinic hours will adjust. The new vaccination clinic hours, which will be accessible on the Milwaukee Overall health Division site, will be:

• Southside Overall health Center (1639 S. 23rd St.)
  Monday, three – six p.m.
  Tuesday, 1 – four p.m.
• Northwest Overall health Center (7630 W. Mill Rd.)
  Wednesday, three – six p.m.
• Keenan Sexual Overall health Clinic (3200 N. 36th St.)
  Friday ten a.m. – 1 p.m.

Ultimately, Saturday, April 15 is the final day the COVID-19 neighborhood testing web page at Menomonee Valley will be in operation. Even with the closure of the Milwaukee Overall health Division-run neighborhood testing web pages, COVID-19 is not eradicated from our neighborhood and your testing possibilities are not gone.

At-household fast tests will continue to be accessible by way of the Say Yes COVID Tests plan till the finish of May possibly. Households can location 1 order per month, per household. Ten tests are incorporated in each and every order. Every household can also order 1 set of 4 no cost at-household tests at COVIDtests.gov. Also, tests can be bought in shops, pharmacies, and on the internet. Insurance coverage businesses, Medicaid (BadgerCare), and Medicare are essential to reimburse up to eight tests per month, per member. Also, the Milwaukee Overall health Division continues to distribute fast antigen tests to Milwaukeeans by way of our devoted neighborhood organizations.

“The Milwaukee Overall health Division began providing COVID-19 neighborhood testing web pages at the onset of the pandemic and stood up our initially vaccination clinic in January 2021. 3 years of COVID-19 response inside the Milwaukee neighborhood has been no compact feat,” stated Milwaukee Interim Overall health Commissioner Tyler Weber. “Our group has administered more than 241,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 497,000 COVID-19 tests. Milwaukee lives have been saved due to the tireless perform of our employees and public well being and healthcare workers across our city.”

The Milwaukee Overall health Division thanks the National Guard and a vast network of neighborhood partners for their help and collaboration in bringing COVID-19 solutions to Milwaukee on a wide scale. Specific thanks to Canopies Events and the Milwaukee Division of Public Functions for delivering infrastructure help to test and vaccinate Milwaukeeans in all climate situations.

Information and facts about COVID-19, like remedy solutions and extra guidance, can be discovered at Milwaukee.gov/coronavirus. The COVID-19 Hotline is accessible at 414-286-6800 Monday by way of Friday from eight a.m. to four:45 p.m. for concerns.

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