Parkview, Lutheran to continue requiring face masks
The Journal Gazette
Parkview Health and Lutheran Health Network will continue to require face masks in their facilities, including hospitals and clinics, officials announced today.
Gov. Eric Holcomb last week announced Indiana s mask mandate would expire Tuesday, leaving it up to business owners to decide whether to require staff and customers to wear them.
Lutheran officials said they will continue to follow all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for COVID-19, which include wearing a mask, even for those who have been fully vaccinated. LHN urges all to continue wearing masks and adhering to the recommended safety measures including masking, social distancing, practicing hand hygiene and receiving the vaccination, officials said in a news release.
Mask order ends today, but not all places
Courts, museums, others still require use of coverings
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
Indiana emerges today from the statewide COVID-19 mask mandate. But plenty of places in the Fort Wayne area – such as courts and museums – are still requiring the wearing of facial covering.
Gov. Eric Holcomb last week lifted the state s mask requirement in most settings, and Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Matthew Sutter declined to extend a general mask requirement countywide.
Sutter stressed facial coverings would still be required in city and county government buildings, and Megan Hubartt, department spokeswoman, said Monday that local health officials believe others should follow suit.
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Hoosiers 45 and up can get shots
County, area vaccination sites ramp up preparations
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The Allen County Department of Health plans to nearly double the number of COVID-19 vaccinations it will provide in upcoming weeks in response to a statewide plan to expand eligibility.
On Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health extended vaccine eligibility from 50 and older to 45 and up.
Lowering the age makes an additional 412,640 Hoosiers eligible, state health officials said.
The number of newly eligible in Allen County could not be immediately determined. But 2019 federal census figures show about 46,000 residents ages 45 to 54.