Health & Fitness

3 WI Companies Reach 90 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Three Milwaukee-area companies said they have reached vaccination rates beyond 90 percent after issuing mandates.

One company has 75,000 employees across Wisconsin and Illinois and will require them to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15.
One company has 75,000 employees across Wisconsin and Illinois and will require them to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15. (Scott Anderson/Patch)

WISCONSIN — Advocate Aurora Health, Molson Coors Beverage Co. and ManpowerGroup all reported that more than 90 percent of their employees received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Advocate Aurora reported that 92 percent of its employees were vaccinated against COVID-19, spokeswoman LeeAnn Betz told Patch.
  • Molson Coors said that 99 percent of its Milwaukee office employees were vaccinated, a spokesperson told the Milwaukee Business Journal.
  • ManpowerGroup announced 93 percent of its employees proved they got a shot.

Advocate Aurora announced that it would require its 75,000 members in Wisconsin and Illinois to be fully vaccinated for the virus by Oct. 15.

Northwestern Mutual required its 2,200 employees and contractors in Wisconsin, Franklin and New York to provide full proof of vaccination if they opted to return to campus, company communications director Julia Fennelly told Patch. The company issued the order Aug. 6.

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