Teachers, Support Staff Added To COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility List

Monday, March 15 will be the first day teachers and other school staff can schedule an appointment to be vaccinated.

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(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Teachers and staff at schools across Indiana are being added to the list of eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The announcement was made Wednesday during Governor Eric Holcomb’s weekly COVID-19 update.

Starting Monday, March 15, teachers, and staff in pre-K through high school, childcare centers, Head Start and Early Start programs may schedule an appointment to get vaccinated.

The list of eligibility also includes:

• Licensed childcare providers, including center-based and family care providers.
• Classroom aides, bus drivers, janitors, counselors.
• Administration staff, cafeteria workers and substitute teachers.

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Hoosiers age 50 and older, healthcare workers, and first responders are also eligible to receive the vaccine.

The Indiana Department of Health and FSSA is contacting providers of Hoosiers with the following conditions to arrange vaccinations:

• Intellectual and developmentally disabled individuals receiving home or community-based services.
• Early childhood conditions that are carried into adulthood:
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• People born with severe heart defects, requiring specialized medical care
• Severe Type I diabetes, requiring hospitalizations in the past year
• Phenylketonuria (PKU), Tay-Sachs, and other rare, inherited metabolic disorders
• Epilepsy with continuing seizures, hydrocephaly, microephaly, and other severe neurologic disorders
• Severe asthma, requiring hospitalization in the past year
• Alpha and beta thalassemia
• Spina bifida
• Cerebral palsy

For more information regarding the COVID-19 vaccination and how to schedule an appointment to be vaccination, visit ourshot.in.gov.

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