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Dr. Casey Frey receives a COVID-19 vaccine in mid-December. On Jan. 21, state health officials announced they would not yet expand vaccine eligibility to the next age group.
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The limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines is causing tension as states roll out plans for who should get shots first, and school advocates in Indiana are pressing for more access for teachers.
The Indiana Coalition For Public Education and state s largest teachers union are urging Gov. Eric Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Kris Box to revise the state s plan and prioritize educators in earlier phases of vaccine rollout.
Indiana scrambles to get COVID vaccines into arms
FREE NEWSLETTERS Indiana University Health Nurse Rachael Chisom administers a COVID vaccine to hospital employee Cathy Treen at the IU Health Neuroscience Center on West 15th Street. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned)
The line stretched nearly three dozen people long, around a corner and down the hall at Indiana University Health’s vaccine clinic near Methodist Hospital.
To one side, nurses were administering shots every minute or so at six dosing stations. That’s about 1,000 shots each day, seven days a week, since the makeshift clinic opened in mid-December.
Some of those in line celebrated the vaccine as a promising development after a year of tough coping, away from evenings out for a meal or weekend fun at sports events.
The Indiana State Board of Education continued its discussion of a reworked school accountability system Wednesday with board members bringing suggestions ranging from a new, multi-tiered system to the implementation of individual school dashboard to publicly track and monitor academic progress.
âWe have a majority opportunity to build a trusted and transparent system with transparent data for our families, for our educators to use,â new Indiana Education Secretary Katie Jenner said Wednesday.
The discussion follows more than six months of research and feedback collected to overhaul the stateâs current system after studentsâ low performance on the stateâs new ILEARN exam showed more than half of Indiana districts would have seen declining A-F accountability grades for the 2018-19 school year.
Hoosiers age 80 and older turn out by the hundreds for COVID-19 shots
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January 11, 2021 Registered nurse Stacey Meskimen gives 86-year-old Bruce Melchert the first of two shots for his COVID-19 vaccine. Melchert s daughter helped him sign up as soon as the appointments went online. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned)
Bruce Melchert, 86, has missed going to the gym and getting together with his friends as the pandemic has swept across America, forcing millions of people to stay home and avoid crowds.
So when he heard last week that Hoosiers age 80 and older could register for a vaccine, Melchert had his daughter sign him up immediately. And by Monday afternoon, he was in line to get the first of his two shots at Indiana University Health’s vaccination clinic near Methodist Hospital.
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On Friday, Hoosiers age 80 and older began scheduling vaccination appointments. Those who haven’t yet can do so at OurShot.in.gov or by calling 211.
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The Indiana Department of Health reported 502 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the state’s total to 8,613 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 37,500 new cases in the last week.
Since moving to Stage 5 of its reopening plan on Sept. 26, the state has reported 446,286 positive cases and 5,223 confirmed deaths – 79.1 percent of the state’s total positive cases and 60.6 percent of deaths for the entire pandemic.