Reid Health now offers COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccinations
Mike Emery
RICHMOND, Ind. — Reid Health is resuming COVID-19 booster vaccinations after receiving new bivalent vaccines.
The new boosters that have been formulated to fight the newest Omicron variant strains as well as the original COVID strain are available at the Reid Health Residency Clinic, 795 Sim Hodgin Parkway, according to a news release. Walk-ins are welcome 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday.
Appointments may be made by calling Reid's COVID-19 hotline at 765-965-4200.
Reid had paused administering booster vaccinations until receiving the new Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone ages 12 and older receive a bivalent booster dose if it's been two months since their most recent vaccine dose.
Health officials also recommend receiving a flu shot during the same visit.
The bivalent booster and flu shots are also available at the Wayne County Health Department, 100 S. Fifth St. Booster shot appointments may be made at ourshot.in.gov.
The health department also accepts walk-ins from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Vaccines are available 8 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month.
The CDC now ranks Wayne County with a low community level of COVID-19. Fayette, Union and Franklin counties also rank low, while Randolph, Henry, Darke and Preble counties have medium community levels.
Wayne County's case level as dropped during September, according to Friday's Indiana State Department of Health update of day-by-day case totals. The county recorded 93 laboratory-confirmed cases Sept. 5 to 11 and, with preliminary numbers, had just 66 Sept. 12-18. Home tests identifying other positive cases are not reported to county or state officials.
Overall, Wayne County has had 21,803 laboratory-confirmed cases and 341 deaths from COVID-19 complications. September has accounted for 196 cases.
The overall case and death totals for surrounding counties are:
- Darke County: 14,052 positives and 244 deaths;
- Fayette County: 7,696 positives and 145 deaths;
- Henry County: 14,880 positives and 237 deaths;
- Franklin County: 4,919 positives and 59 deaths;
- Preble County: 10,779 positives and 204 deaths;
- Randolph County: 6,574 positives and 152 deaths;
- Union County: 2,198 positives and 21 deaths.
Indiana has recorded 1,919,328 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23,620 COVID-related deaths through Thursday. The Ohio Department of Health's weekly update Thursday reported 3,131,642 cases and 39,767 deaths.