Dec 14, 2020 / 07:48 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Some healthcare workers in Indiana could get the COVID-19 vaccine as early as Monday. Parkview Health in Fort Wayne said it expects to start with a small number of their health care workers receiving the vaccine on Monday and then begin mass distributions on Tuesday.
The health system said they anticipate receiving a shipment of about 2,000 doses of the vaccine this week and around 8,000 doses next week.
Parkview is one of the five Indiana hospitals receiving vaccine doses. IU Health Methodist Hospital will also be getting the first, very limited number of vaccines. However, at this point, no Indianapolis hospitals have made it clear as to when they will receive and start distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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In terms of COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates, Gov. Eric Holcomb told viewers of his weekly press conference that “the state of Indiana is on fire.”
Evansville-based Deaconess gets 1,950 doses to start, will give vaccine to employees next week Thomas B. Langhorne, Evansville Courier & Press
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. Deaconess Health System said Wednesday afternoon it anticipates receiving 1,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine early next week and will administer first doses to employees possibly next Wednesday.
Local medical and health department officials say they have been in daily and weekly contact with the Indiana State Department of Health, which is overseeing the fast-moving and still-evolving move toward a coordinated statewide vaccination campaign. Deaconess provided the local dosage figure, it said Wednesday, after conferring earlier in the day with Indiana and Kentucky state health officials.
In terms of COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates, Gov. Eric Holcomb told viewers of his weekly press conference that “the state of Indiana is on fire.”