How To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine If You’re 65 Or Older in Milwaukee
County residents should use HealthyMKE.com website.

Dr. Ben Weston receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Starting January 25th, Wisconsin residents 65 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The announcement was made Tuesday morning by the state. “Not surprisingly, there have been a lot of calls to health departments,” said Mayor Tom Barrett in a Tuesday evening press briefing.
Eligible Milwaukee County residents are to use the HealthyMKE.com website to register to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “The purpose of this tool is to match people with vaccinators,” said Barrett, noting that after registering individuals would receive a follow-up to schedule an appointment.
“Don’t expect to go in there and get a match immediately,” said Barrett. “I know it’s difficult to be patient.”
Individuals will eventually be matched with a location and timeslot to receive their vaccine. Many of those slots are likely to come at the Wisconsin Center where the Milwaukee Health Department is administering the vaccine. But area healthcare providers and Milwaukee County are also receiving vaccine doses. The HealthyMKE.com platform will provide matches with any organization receiving vaccine doses in the county.
“We realize that not everyone has access to a computer,” said Barrett. He said a telephone hotline is coming. “We are committed to doing as much as we can as fast as we can.”
For more details on the vaccine distribution process and the phase 1B group, see our coverage from earlier Tuesday.
If you think stories like this are important, become a member of Urban Milwaukee and help support real, independent journalism. Plus you get some cool added benefits.
More about the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Milwaukee Health Department Announces Upcoming Changes to COVID-19 Services - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Mar 17th, 2023
- Fitzgerald Applauds Passage of COVID-19 Origin Act - U.S. Rep Scott Fitzgerald - Mar 10th, 2023
- DHS Expands Free COVID-19 Testing Program - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Feb 10th, 2023
- MKE County: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising - Graham Kilmer - Jan 16th, 2023
- Not Enough Getting Bivalent Booster Shots, State Health Officials Warn - Gaby Vinick - Dec 26th, 2022
- Nearly All Wisconsinites Age 6 Months and Older Now Eligible for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Dec 15th, 2022
- City of Milwaukee Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Update - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Dec 9th, 2022
- MKE County: COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Stable - Graham Kilmer - Nov 25th, 2022
- MKE County: Wastewater Data Shows COVID-19 Uptick - Graham Kilmer - Nov 18th, 2022
- City of Milwaukee Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Update - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Nov 11th, 2022
Read more about Coronavirus Pandemic here
I registered on this site but I don’t recall it asking for my birth date. I guess they could ask for proof of my age later. Just seems like something that should have been in the registration at this point.