Northwest Indiana hospitals will get the first shipments of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine this week, as soon as Tuesday.
"Community Hospital in Munster expects the first vaccine shipment to arrive Tuesday," Community Health Network spokeswoman Elise Sims said. "Community Hospital is expecting 1,950 doses of the vaccine in the first shipment."
Parkview Health in Fort Wayne administered the first doses of the COVID vaccine in Indiana to a physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, patient care tech and environmental services tech shortly after noon Monday. Parkview and Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville both got the first allotment Monday morning, the Indiana Department of Health announced.