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.
The upcoming clinics come as the number of people in Bartholomew County and the surrounding area getting COVID-19 shots remains below levels seen in previous months, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
Last week, a total of 1,017 Bartholomew County residents got their first COVID-19 shot and 70 received the one-dose J&J vaccine.
By comparison, 3,332 first doses were administered to Bartholomew County residents the week of April 4, though 924 people that week were vaccinated at a mass vaccination clinic at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. The week after that, 2,479 people received their first dose.
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Upcoming Johnson & Johnson clinics, which are available to anyone age 18 and up, include:
June 10: Mill St. Deli, 102 Mill St. in Elizabethtown, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June 19: White Diamond Lavender Farm, 9415 E. County Road 800N in Hope, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Upcoming Pfizer sites, which are open to anyone age 12 and up, include:
June 1: Taylorsville Elementary School parking lot, 9711 Walnut Street, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June 3: Hauser Jr.-Sr. High School parking lot, 9273 N. State Road 9 in Hope, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June 17: McDonald’s parking lot, 11995 U.S. 31 North in Edinburgh, from 9 a.m. to noon
June 17: Driftside Home Community Center, 13540 U.S. 31 in Edinburgh, from 1 to 4 p.m.
June 28: Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds sheriff’s tent, 750 W. County Road 200S, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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