Health care workers in Fort Wayne received the first doses of Indiana s COVID-19 vaccine.
Credit: Indiana State Department of Health Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 6:21 AM EST December 15, 2020
FORT WAYNE, Ind. The Indiana Department of Health announced Monday that the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to health care workers in Indiana, after the state s first allotment of vaccine arrived Monday.
The first doses were administered to a physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, patient care tech and environmental services tech at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne shortly after noon.
Additional vaccine shipments are expected to arrive at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IU Methodist in Indianapolis and Community Hospital in Munster in the next few days.
Indiana gets COVID-19 vaccine, health workers top priority
December 14, 2020 GMT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana’s first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Monday and several workers at a Fort Wayne hospital became the first in the state administered the shots to protect them from the coronavirus, state health officials said.
Six health workers at Parkview Health, including a physician and nurse, received their first dose of the two-dose vaccine shortly after noon Monday, the Indiana State Department of Health said in a news release.
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Parkview Health and Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville are among five Indiana hospitals getting the vaccine under a pilot program. Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IU Methodist in Indianapolis and Community Hospital in Munster should receive doses in the coming days.
IN reports 211 new COVID-19 cases in Vanderburgh Co., 5K new cases statewide
IN receives first COVID vaccine doses
Healthcare workers in Fort Wayne get first COVID-19 vaccines in Indiana By 14 News Staff | December 14, 2020 at 11:23 AM CST - Updated December 14 at 4:54 PM
INDIANA (WFIE) - The Indiana State Department of Health reported 5,050 new coronavirus cases and 35 additional deaths Monday.
The total in the Hoosier state now sits at 430,401 confirmed cases and 6,530 total deaths.
The state map shows no new deaths in our area.
According to the state map, there are 211 new cases in Vanderburgh County, 55 are in Warrick County, 37 are in Gibson County, 23 are in Posey County, 21 are in Dubois County, there are 11 new cases in Spencer County, and there are nine new cases in Pike County.
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