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Delaware County COVID vaccine clinics change hours, locations as public demand remains low

Delaware County COVID vaccine clinics change hours, locations as public demand remains low
Charlotte Stefanski, Muncie Star Press
© Graphic provided by a collaboration of healthcare partners including Delaware County Health Departme.
Delaware County has several COVID-19 vaccination sites, all free to those with AND without insurance. Anyone 18 and older is eligible to receive any vaccine. Anyone 12–17 is eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
MUNCIE, Ind. While vaccine distribution was going strong in Delaware County for months, with local clinics vaccinating hundreds to thousands of patients every week, things have continued to slow down as summer approaches.
According to the Indiana State Department of Health s vaccine dashboard, 38,288 Delaware County residents had been fully vaccinated as of Friday morning, making up roughly 33% of the population. ....

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Neighborhood COVID vaccine clinics succeed as eligibility opens up

Meridian Health Services had set up the clinic in the church s basement, bringing along about 100 single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines on March 30. Due to the longevity of any type of COVID-19 vaccine, the goal was distribute them all that day.
Within a few hours, the healthcare system was able to do just that.
Both Senior Pastor Andrew Draper and Associate Pastor Maria Wilson wanted to bring the vaccine closer to area residents and increase accessibility for all. Wilson, chair of the Mobilizing Muncie health sub-committee, has been working alongside various local health providers, including Meridian, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and Open Door Health Services. ....

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