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Pandemic Christmas: Health officials concerned about a potential ‘surge on top of a surge’ after holidays State and local health officials are expressing concern that Indiana could see “a surge on top of a surge” as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in much of the state, including Bartholomew County, remain high heading into Christmas and New Year’s. Chief among their concerns is that people will let their guards down and defy appeals to not travel, avoid large gatherings, wear masks and maintain physical distance, which could ultimately contribute to a repeat of the autumn surge,...

Vaccine arrival offers hope for county Characterizing the waning weeks of December as “the season of hope” may be an understatement in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused mass suffering and loss across the globe since March, but there’s reason to believe this nightmarish time in our lives is nearing its end. The largest vaccine effort in human history has begun — including right here in Bartholomew County, On Monday, the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in Indiana, and were administered to a doctor, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, patient-care tech and envir...

Smooth start for COVID-19 shots COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers in Bartholomew County and the surrounding area got off to a quick start on Friday as more and more hospitals across the country join the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, a total of 120 health care workers had received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a regional clinic operated by Columbus Regional Health, the hospital said. Hospital officials expected to vaccinate a total of 240 health care workers by the end of the day, said CRH spokeswoman Kelsey DeClue...

VACCINATIONS BEGIN: First local front line personnel are vaccinated in soft opening "Welcome to the immunized, my friend." Those were the words of hospitalist Dr. Raymond Kiser, the first Bartholomew County resident to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as he greeted a fellow healthcare worker who’d just gotten the same shot.  Thursday afternoon, six Columbus Regional Health workers received the first COVID-19 vaccines to be administered in Bartholomew County. Five were Columbus residents, and one was from Shelbyville. The 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived earlier Thu...