December 31, 2020
(UNDATED) – In March 2020, President Trump ordered a national shutdown, the Lawrence County commissioner declared a public health emergency, the Governor shut down the state, schools closed and the first Hoosier dies from COVID-19. Lawrence County also mourned the passing of Father Rick Eldred and Emma Landstrom was chosen as Youth of Year at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence County for 2019.
President Trump Orders Voluntary National Shutdown Due To COVID-19
President Donald Trump ordered a voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rose throughout the U.S.
President Donald Trump
Many states and local governments enforced stiffer controls in place on mobility and gatherings.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. The coronavirus pandemic s rollercoaster ride through Vanderburgh County took an upswing Wednesday with 238 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
After two days of sharply decreasing daily case counts, Vanderburgh s totals on the Indiana State Department of Health s COVID-19 dashboard shot back up. The county recorded two new COVID-19-related deaths.
Statewide, there were 4,731 new cases and 62 new COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday.
There have now been a total of 14,207 cases of COVID-19 and 184 deaths in Vanderburgh County since the first known case emerged on March 19. Warrick County has reported 4,761 COVID-19 cases, Posey 1,741, Gibson 2,840, Spencer 1,319 and Perry 1,108.
The process took three minutes and was greeted with scattered applause from those gathered.
The vaccine manufactured by biotech firm Pfizer, the first to get emergency federal approval, was administered at 7:18 a.m. Wednesday in a large lobby area at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Warrick County. It is intended at first for frontline health care workers.
Deaconess spokeswoman Pam Hight acknowledged Tuesday night that âfive clinical staff membersâ were given the vaccine Tuesday as part of a âvaccine process practice session.â
The vaccines were administered by registered nurse Todd Oliver and nurse practitioner Karen Bass.
The first to receive it Wednesday morning was Dr. David Ryon, with critical care and pulmonary medicine. He also has an 8-year-old son heâs kept home from school due to concerns about COVID-19.
First healthcare workers at Ascension St. Vincent Evansville receive COVID-19 vaccine
First healthcare workers at Ascension St. Vincent Evansville receive COVID-19 vaccine By Chellsie Parker and Evan Gorman | December 16, 2020 at 3:47 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 4:46 AM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has now been given to even more frontline healthcare workers in Evansville.
Ascension St. Vincent on Thursday joined Deaconess and additional hospitals across the state in receiving hundreds of doses.
14 News brought viewers live on-air coverage in our newscasts as the process was unfolding.
Five Ascension St. Vincent employees volunteered to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.