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More than 90% of COVID-19 patients at IU Health in south-central Indiana are unvaccinated.

The Herald-Times Monroe County's mask mandate will return next week as COVID infections rise and the number of people getting vaccinated wanes. Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's updated guidelines on mask wearing for vaccinated individuals, Monroe County Health Department Administrator Penny Caudill made the announcement during a COVID press conference that is held every other week with public health and elected officials. Caudill said people between 12 and 18 years old are among the least vaccinated locally, which is cause for concern as schools prepare to welcome ...

County, city, IU and IU Health officials will meet biweekly instead of weekly in July as vaccination rates increase and positivity rate remains low.

If all goes according to plan, frontline health care workers could get their first vaccination for COVID-19 as soon as Dec. 21, IU Health south central region president Brian Shockney said in a Friday afternoon news conference. That date could change, he said, but “we are planning to begin on the 21st of December, barring nothing happens between now and then.” And if vaccine approval and production goes according to plan, Shockney said, IU Health’s goal is to be vaccinating other essential workers outside of the health care industry by mid- to late January. Two area Indiana Uni...