COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus Regional Health has administered what officials expect to be among the last first doses of COVID-19 vaccines given at an emergency standalone clinic set up in a matter of weeks this past winter during the height of the pandemic.
The clinic, at 1702 Keller Ave., opened its doors on Dec. 18 after CRH received limited doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine just days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the shots emergency use authorization.
As of this past Thursday, a total of 41,430 vaccines were administered at the clinic — enough to fully vaccinate 20,715 people — in what hospital officials described as a “huge undertaking.”
The clinic will remain open for second doses through the end of the month as part of a plan to gradually phase out vaccinations there and start offering shots at primary care clinics by August due, in part, to waning demand.
CRH’s clinic was no longer listed on the state’s vaccination registration website, ourshot.in.gov, as of Monday morning, and officials are now directing people to contact their primary care offices or WellConnect to inquire about vaccines available through the hospital system. However, clinic officials will not turn away anyone who shows up seeking to get vaccinated this month.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
