The program was established in 2015 after Scott County generated national headlines for racking up more than 237 cases of HIV in a single year, in a county of just 24,000 people.
Officials still plan to seek City-County Council approval to lift mask mandates for fully vaccinated people on June 7 and hope to further ease other restrictions if the county can reach a 50% vaccination rate by July 4.
In the nine-county Indianapolis area, only Marion County (55 cases) reported more than seven new cases. Shelby County reported no new cases and Hendricks County had only two. Boone, Hancock and Morgan had just three apiece.
Bilingual volunteers will staff the nine-language hotline starting Saturday, as health disparities by race and ethnicity linger in local case counts and inoculation rates.
In a change of policy, Indiana University Health said Tuesday it will require doctors, nurses and other team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1.
IU announced Tuesday that students and employees would be able to attest to their vaccination without having to provide documentation of having received the shots, as was required under the previous policy announced May 21.
The state said more than 2.51 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.65 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
So far, more than 124 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine have been administered in the United States.
The World Health Organization said a group of experts came up with the new system, which will not replace scientific naming systems but will offer “simple, easy to say and remember labels” for variants.
In the nine-county Indianapolis area, the only counties to report more than 10 new cases were Marion (57) and Hamilton (23).
Republican lawmakers asked the governor to issue an executive order prohibiting any state university from mandating vaccines that don’t have full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 448 new COVID-19 cases.
Purdue’s “Old Golden Ticket” drawing makes students who submit proof of a COVID-19 vaccination by July 15 eligible for one of 10 prizes paying $9,992. That is the equivalent of a year’s undergraduate tuition.
The state said 2.49 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.63 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway worked with the Marion County Public Health Department to determine that 40% of venue capacity will be allowed.
Nearly all Republican members of the Indiana Senate on Thursday joined the criticism of IU’s policy in a letter to university President Michael McRobbie.
The state said 2.47 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.62 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Staffers for many state agencies have been working remotely, but Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a Wednesday email to employees that “it is not the optimal way for us to serve Hoosiers.”
With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from Walmart to Macy’s are seeing an eager return to their stores after more than a year of their customers migrating online during the pandemic.
Attorney General Todd Rokita’s advisory opinion contradicts a top Republican legislative leader who said he didn’t believe the law adopted last month applied to public universities or K-12 schools.
