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Indiana mask mandate lifted, but some businesses still requiring them
By Sally Schulze
Indiana mask mandate lifted, but some businesses still requiring them
You are no longer required to wear a mask throughout much of Indiana. The state mandate officially expired Tuesday.
INDIANA - You are no longer required to wear a mask throughout much of
Indiana. The state mandate officially expired Tuesday.
However, this does not mean Hoosiers can toss out their masks. In Whiting, plenty people were still wearing them and some businesses are requiring them.
Even the governor himself says to keep up the habit. Wear a mask when you’re around others. I’m going to continue to do that, said Gov. Eric Holcomb.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
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The Gary Health Department is now scheduling appointments to administer COVID-19 vaccine to eligible recipients, adding to the list of available vaccination sites across Northwest Indiana.
The department did not release details on where the vaccines will be given, or when they will start.
The vaccine is now available to individuals age 80 and older, as well as to licensed and unlicensed healthcare workers, and first responders who have face-to-face interactions with patients or infectious material or work in a public-facing position that requires in-person contact.
A photo ID, proof of age, or verification of current employment as a healthcare worker or first responder in Indiana will be required.