More than 900,000 Indiana residents have now been fully vaccinated.
(Courtesy of IU Health)
Indiana authorities are adding residents between the ages of 40 and 44 to those eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday.
Indiana had previously limited eligibility to residents who are 45 and older. The state also made healthcare workers, long-term care residents, first responders and educators up to grade 12, along with other school workers such as classroom aides, bus drivers and cafeteria workers eligible.
The Indiana Department of Health said Saturday that the expanded age requirements will make 400,000 additional residents eligible to be vaccinated.
Appointments for those between the ages of 40 and 44 will become available starting Monday. State health authorities said slots will extend over the next several weeks to match with expected deliveries of more vaccine to Indiana.
Eligible Indiana residents can schedule an appointment to receive a vaccine by visitinghttps://ourshot.in.govor calling 211 if they do not have access to a computer, or require assistance.
State health officials said Friday that more than 900,000 Indiana residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The state’s pandemic death toll is nearing 13,000.
Those fully vaccinated represent individuals who have received a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the state agency said.
You will need to bring some form of ID or documentation to confirm your age and that you live in Indiana. For Hoosiers who are eligible because of occupation, you’ll need to bring something to confirm that as well.
Appointments for the second dose will be made at the clinic when the first dose is administered. The state health department encouraged Hoosiers who may struggle finding an appointment to look at sites in other counties.
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Some pharmacies through Walmart, Kroger and Meijer also have COVID-19 vaccines available. Walmart pharmacies are using the state's registration at OurShot.in.gov. However, Kroger and Meijer have their own registration systems.
On Meijer’s website, you’ll fill out a brief questionnaire and then provide your zip code to select a store pharmacy providing vaccines.
On Kroger’s website, you’ll provide a zip code to see your nearest stores. If the COVID-19 vaccine is available at that store’s pharmacy, it should be at the top of the list. But there isn’t a way to filter out stores that don’t have COVID-19 vaccines.
State vaccination sites opened to pre-K through 12 teachers and staff (including janitors, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and administration) and child care workers on March 15.
Hoosiers with certain underlying health conditions also may be eligible for vaccines:
active dialysis patients,
Down syndrome
post-solid organ transplant recipients
sickle cell disease patients
people in treatment for cancers now or in the last three months, or with active primary lung cancer or active hematologic cancers, like lymphoma, leukemia or multiple myeloma.
Cystic fibrosis
Muscular dystrophy
People born with severe heart defects, requiring specialized medical care.
People with severe type 1 diabetes, who have been hospitalized in the past year.
Phenylketonuria (PKU), Tay-Sachs, and other rare, inherited metabolic disorders.
Epilepsy with continuing seizures, hydrocephaly, microcephaly and other severe neurologic disorders
People with severe asthma who have been hospitalized for this in the past year
Alpha and beta thalassemia
Spina bifida
Cerebral palsy
People who require supplemental oxygen and/or tracheostomy
Pulmonary fibrosis, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin
Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, combined primary immunodeficiency disorder, HIV, daily use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines, receiving tumor necrosis factor-alpha blocker or rituximab.
Pregnancy
Health officials said Hoosiers with specific comorbidities should reach out to their primary care providers – after that, they'll be provided a separate registration link.
