YOU'RE
YOU'RE WATCHING 13 NEWS WITHIN HOURS OF OUR STATE OPENING UP VACCINATIONS TO HOOSIERS. SIXTY
FIVE TO SIXTY NINE WE SAW
NEARLY 100000 HOOSIERS SIGNING
UP FOR THE COVID VACCINE.
THAT'S ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF ALL
THE >> HOOSIERS IN THAT AGE
RANGE. SO FOR TONIGHT'S BIG
STORY, WE'RE TALKING TO ONE
LUCKY HOOSIER WHO ONLY HAS TO
WAIT ONE MORE DAY TO GET HER
SHOT. PLUS WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW
CLINICS ARE ADJUSTING TO KEEP
UP WITH THE SKYROCKETING DEMAND
AND WE'LL SHARE EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HAD TO
SIGN UP. BUT LET'S START
TONIGHT AT 11 WITH THE RUSH
OF HOOSIERS 65 AND UP JUMPING
THE CHANCE TO SIGN UP AFTER
WEEKS OF WAITING >> AS >> SOON
AS THEY OPENED UP TO MY AGE
GROUP I AM GOING TO HOPEFULLY
GET ONE OF THE FIRST
APPOINTMENTS THAT >> WAS 68
YEAR OLD VICKI SCHRADER JUST
LAST THURSDAY WAITING FOR
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
AVAILABILITY TO OPEN UP TO
PEOPLE BETWEEN AGES 65 AND 69
YEARS OLD. FOUR DAYS >> LATER I
WAS ABLE TO LOG IN AND GET AN
APPOINTMENT RIGHT AWAY VAALER
>> MONDAY MORNING THE STATE WAS
NOW TAKING VACCINE APPOINTMENTS
FOR PEOPLE IN HER AGE GROUP.
IT'S >> JUST NOW THAT I GET THE
SHOT TOMORROW I HAVE A BOOSTER
WITHIN TWENTY ONE DAYS AND THEN
AFTER THAT THEY SAID A FEW
WEEKS THEN THE BUILD >> UP
VICKI'S GETTING HER SHOT AT THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT INDICATOR
COUNTY. THOUSANDS MORE ARE
DOING THE SAME ALL ACROSS THE
STATE. INDIANA'S HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS NEARLY NINETY
SIX THOUSAND HOOSIERS AGES 65
TO 69 HAD SCHEDULED
APPOINTMENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR
FIRST DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE
AS A FIVE P.M. MONDAY SINCE THE
STATE BEGAN OFFERING VACCINE IN
LATE DECEMBER, MORE THAN ONE
POINT THREE MILLION FIRST AND
SECOND DOSE APPOINTMENTS HAVE
BEEN SCHEDULED. JOE MANSFIELD
AND HIS WIFE BOTH IN THEIR 60S
HOPE TO GRAB TWO OF THOSE
APPOINTMENTS NEAR THEIR
INDIANAPOLIS HOME. NO SUCH LUCK
WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO WAIT FIVE
WEEKS WITH THE FIVE WEEKS OUT
TO GET A SHOT TO GET THE FIRST
SHOT RIGHT. INSTEAD >> THEY
FOUND APPOINTMENT SOONER AT THE
CLINIC IN NOBLESVILLE. HAMILTON
COUNTY'S ALLOTMENT VACCINE HAS
JUMPED FROM 800 TO 100 TO A
PROMISED 600 WEEKLY DOSES
BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS NOBLESVILLE CLINIC HAS A
LOT OF SPACE STILL TO GROW AND
IF MORE VACCINE BECOMES
AVAILABLE, ORGANIZERS CAN SEE
THIS GROWING INTO A LARGE SCALE
OPERATION MAYBE EVEN ABLE TO
QUADRUPLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NOW GETTING VACCINATED. >> I'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE MY SISTER AND MY
BROTHER AND MY FRIEND FOR VICKI
>> SCHRADER WHO TURNED 69 IN
TWO WEEKS SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN
WILLING TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE
STATE TO GET THE VACCINE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. TURNS OUT SHE
DOESN'T HAVE TO AND THAT'S JUST
FINE BY HER. VICKI'S GOT THINGS
TO DO. 69 >> PERCENT ANYMORE
WERE ACTIVE IN SOCIAL AND IT'S
JUST A REALLY TO BE ABLE TO
KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET
TOGETHER AGAIN AND SHARE A MEAL
AND NOT EVEN FEAR >>. SO FAR
MORE THAN A HALF MILLION
HOOSIERS HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST
DOSE OF THE COVID VACCINE AND
WITH THE ROLLOUT NOW REACHING
PEOPLE WHO ARE 65 AND OLDER,
YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE
LONGER TO MAKE SURE YOU GET AN
APPOINTMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SNAG
THE FIRST AVAILABLE TIME SLOT.
JUST GO TO OUR SHOT IRON DOT
GOV. THERE'S A MAP WITH LINKS
TO THE CLOSEST CLINICS NEAR
YOU. THIS ALSO INCLUDES
LOCATIONS THAT ARE AT WAL-MART
,MYER AND KROGER STORES THAT
NOW ARE OFFERING THE VACCINE.
REMEMBER THE SHOT IS FREE. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BUT IF
YOU GO YOU DO NEED TO ARRIVE
WITH A VALID I.D. WHEN YOU
ARRIVE AT YOUR APPOINTMENT. WE
>> CONTINUE TO GET LOTS
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COALBED
VACCINE ROLLOUT ACROSS INDIANA
NOW WHILE WE WORK TO TRACK DOWN
THE ANSWERS FOR YOU. WE
COLLECTED A BUNCH OF EASY TO
ACCESS RESOURCES. SO HERE'S
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TEXT THE
WORD VACCINE TO THE NUMBER YOU
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE'LL SEND
YOU A HANDFUL OF HELPFUL LINKS
INCLUDING THE WEBSITE TO SIGN
UP FOR THE VACCINE. AND
REMEMBER YOU CAN CALL TO ANYONE
WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND