12:30 P.M. UPDATE
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 63,000 Hoosiers ages 60-64 scheduled a free COVID-19 vaccine in their first three hours of eligibility Tuesday as the Indiana Department of Health continued its work to make vaccine available to as many Hoosiers as supplies allow.
To date, 905,236 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine, and 459,603 are fully vaccinated. To schedule a vaccine appointment, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance. Additional locations and appointments are being added as more vaccine becomes available.
Effective immediately, only individuals who live in Indiana and meet the eligibility criteria can receive a vaccine at an Indiana clinic. This will ensure that doses allocated to Indiana go to Hoosiers. All clinics have been reminded to verify eligibility prior to administering a vaccine.
Out-of-state residents who received their first dose in Indiana can still receive their second dose at the same clinic.
The Indiana Department of Health will host 10 vaccine clinics for eligible Hoosiers around the state from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday this week. The clinics are being added to areas where there are currently no open vaccine appointments.
Individuals must register in advance at https://ourshot.in.gov. No walk-ups will be allowed.
The locations are:
Bartholomew County:
Ivy Tech, 4475 Central Ave., Columbus
Clinton County:
Ivy Tech, 251 E. Clinton, Frankfort
Dearborn County:
Ivy Tech, 50 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg
Greene County:
Greene County Fairgrounds, 4503 W. State Road 54, Bloomfield
Lake County:
Ivy Tech, 410 E. Columbus Dr., East Chicago
LaPorte County:
3714 Franklin St., Michigan City
Lawrence County:
Inn at Spring Mill State Park, 333 Indiana 60 E., Mitchell
Randolph County:
Randolph County Fairgrounds, 1885 US 27, Winchester
Scott County:
Mid-America Science Park, 821 S. Lake Rd. South, Scottsburg
White County:
White County Fairgrounds, 12 N. 25 East, Reynolds
ORIGINAL STORY
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents age 60 to 64 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials announced Tuesday in the latest expansion of the state’s vaccine rollout.
The Indiana Department of Health said the expansion makes the free shots available to another 432,000 Hoosiers. Indiana’s vaccine eligibility pool had previously included Hoosiers age 65 and older, health care workers, long-term care residents and first responders.
Additional groups will be added as more vaccine becomes available, officials said.
The health department said people age 60 and older represent more than 22 percent of Indiana’s population but account for 64 percent of the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and 93.3 percent of its COVID-19 deaths.
Vaccine appointments for the age 60 to 64 group will be available over the next four to six weeks to align with the state receiving its expected weekly vaccine allocation, the state health department said.
To schedule a vaccine, Hoosiers can visit https://ourshot.in.gov and select a location from one of more than 370 clinics around the state.
Hoosiers who do not have a computer or cell phone or those who need assistance scheduling an appointment can call 211 or contact one of Indiana’s Area Agencies on Aging or AARP. Nearly 70 libraries around the state also are helping Hoosiers schedule their appointments.
