Coronavirus: Holcomb Vetoes Local Health Orders Bill, Indiana Hits 2M Fully Vaccinated
Coronavirus: Holcomb Vetoes Local Health Orders Bill, Indiana Hits 2M Fully Vaccinated
The Indiana Department of Health reported 66 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the state’s total to 13,003 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 7,000 new cases in the last week.
Indiana has administered 2,439,862 initial vaccine doses, with 2,135,682 Hoosiers fully vaccinated.
Here are your statewide COVID-19 headlines from last week.
More than 2 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a little more than four months into the state’s rollout. The Indiana Department of Health announced the milestone Wednesday.
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Eli Lilly is joining other pharmaceutical companies working to fight the surge of COVID-19 cases in India. The country has reported almost 4,000 deaths Wednesday and is averaging over 300,000 new cases a day.
The Indianapolis-based global company is donating COVID-19 treatments to help severe cases in India and other countries struggling with the virus.
Lilly is providing three of its COVID-19 treatments found to help treat severe cases to the non-profit group Direct Relief to help low- to lower-middle-income countries that are most affected by the virus.
“In developing countries, they have different access issues in terms of just infrastructure for getting products and services to people,” said Tiffany Benjamin, Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation president. “And then the populations are large, and the need is substantial. And we just could see that something was happening, and we could not stand by without doing something to make an impact.”
The killing of George Floyd shocked the nation last summer. On Tuesday, nearly one year later, a Hennepin County, Minnesota, jury moved the country once again: this time, with a guilty verdict in the trial of officer Derek Chauvin.
Cheers were heard outside the courtroom immediately after the reading of the verdict. Crowds in Minneapolis chanted All three counts!
The former Minneapolis police officer was seen on video pinning Floyd to the ground with his knee for more than nine minutes as Floyd pleaded that he could not breathe.
The video of the arrest set off days of protests over the summer and served as a flashpoint for conversations about police brutality and racial injustice.
Feb 23, 2021 / 02:57 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) – Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. has announced that the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation is making a $1 million grant to support the expansion of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Plans for the $30 million project include the addition of two miles of pathway to the eight-mile trail.
The nonprofit organization says the project is expected to be completed in 2022.
“The last year has highlighted the important role the Indianapolis Cultural Trail plays in promoting physical and mental well being by providing our community access to free, accessible and safe open space,” said Kären Haley, Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc executive director. “This generous investment from the Lilly Foundation will allow even more people to take advantage of the Trail and will better connect our city’s thriving neighborhoods.”