Johnson Memorial Health received just 500 doses of vaccine of the 2,000 it expected. Author: Rich Van Wyk Updated: 7:56 PM EST December 22, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS In less than a week, hospital clinics across the state vaccinated about 40,000 Indiana health care workers. The mass vaccinations are going better than many expected. It s exciting to have. I feel like we are fighting back, said Dr. David Dunkle, president and CEO of Johnson Memorial Health.
It will be a long fight In Indiana, as there are 600,000 health care workers to vaccinate. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the vaccination of the state s most vulnerable people, residents of long-term health care facilities, is scheduled to begin next week. That will largely depend on the arrival of the just-approved Moderna vaccine.
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Lois Moore, a registered nurse and community resource manager with the Mississippi State Department of Health immunization program, loads up a syringe with the first round of the Pfizer COVID vaccination, that was injected into the arm of one of the state medical leaders, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Ridgeland, Miss. Ten state medical leaders received their inoculations as a group on a Zoom broadcast in an effort to encourage state residents to get vaccinated when presented the opportunity. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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