(INDIANAPOLIS) — About 5,000 kids age 12-to-15 got vaccinated against COVID-19
Thursday, the first day they were eligible.
The newest eligibles represent about 40% of those who got their first vaccine dose on
Thursday. It’s a little more than 1% of the 360,000 kids in that age group.
Nurse Tiffany Davis with the Marion County Health Department says there’s been a slow ramp-up
with each expansion to a new age group. She says the department’s vaccine clinic on Indy’s
westside had about 80 appointments for 12-to-15-year-olds for Friday, the second day of eligibility.
That clinic and others accept walk-ins as well. The new Centers for Disease Control guidance on