Few signing up so far for vaccination clinic May 25 and 26

By
Andy East
-
People wait in line outside the pavilion to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination clinic at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, April 10, 2021. The clinic was operated by the Bartholomew County Health Department and staffed by members of the health department and volunteers from other medical organizations in the county. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

COLUMBUS, Ind. — With a little over a week before a two-day mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Bartholomew County, local health officials are reporting that few people have signed up.

The clinic, which will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 25 and 26 at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds Community Building, 750 W. County Road 200S, will offer the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which is authorized for anyone age 18 and up.

Officials are prepared to administer 1,000 doses of the vaccine over the course of the two days, but only 90 appointments had been booked as of this week, said Amanda Organist, director of nursing at the Bartholomew County Health Department.

Appointments can be made at ourshot.in.gov.

“We are continuing to advertise the clinics in hopes that more will schedule,” Organist said.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR