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50,000 in state ages 12-15 now have first shot
Health officials hope trend continues
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
People between the ages of 12 and 15 already make up nearly 2% of Hoosiers who have received one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, less than three weeks after that age group became eligible, Indiana Department of Health statistics show.
Statewide, that means about 50,000 young people have gotten one shot of the two-shot Pfizer immunization since it was approved for use in the age group.
Mindy Waldron, Allen County Department of Health administrator, said the department s vaccination site at Memorial Coliseum has administered about 430 vaccinations to those 12 through 15 as of Tuesday. That amounts to 25 to 40 shots a day, or a little more than 1% of the shots given, she said.
People wait in line for COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday morning at McMillen Park Community Center. Previous Next
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McMillen vaccine clinic shifts to Moderna
Move reflects suspension of J&J shot
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The temporary halt to the use of Johnson & Johnson s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine affected this week s newly opened clinic at McMillen Park Community Center on Fort Wayne s south side.
The clinic had expected to use the Johnson & Johnson product, but was switched to the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead, said Andre Patterson, McMillen supervisor. About 300 people got shots Tuesday, and the same number was expected Wednesday, he said; the goal was 500 shots a day.