COLUMBUS, Ind. — Just a few hundred people turned out for a two-day mass vaccination clinic held this week at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, a total of 277 people received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, including several people who walked in without an appointment, said Amanda Organist, director of nursing at the Bartholomew County Health Department, which operated the clinic.
“It went very well,” she said. “A lot of individuals commented on the ease of the clinic process and appreciated us providing the clinics.”
However, turnout was still far below the 1,000 doses that officials said they were prepared to administer and the 924 people who received the Moderna vaccine at a previous mass vaccination clinic at the fairgrounds last month.
County health officials said they plan to use the remaining J&J doses at clinics in the Columbus area next month.
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