Updated COVID-19 vaccines now available in central Indiana

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:02:03 Category: News & Politics

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SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA. THAT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY NOVEMBER. THE UPDATED VERSIONS OF THE COVID-19 VACCINES ARE NOW IN PHARMACIES AROUND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE FDA APPROVED THE NEW FORMULATION FROM PFIZER AND MODERNA LAST WEEK. >> PEOPLE IN OUR AREA ARE ALREADY GETTING THE NEW SHOTS. OUR LAUREN SCHRENKER VISITED A PHARMACY IN NOBLESVILLE AND BRINGS US WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> TO PROVE LAST WEEK IN OUR STORE START RECEIVING SHIPMENTS ON MONDAY. SO MOST OF OUR STORIES YOU HAVEN'T STOCKED. THE 2024 VERSION IS HERE. THE REASON WHY WE NEED A NEW VACCINE IS JUST LIKE THE FLU VIRUS. THIS VIRUS MUTATES MICHELLE DE A PHARMACIST WITH CVS AND NOBLESVILLE SAYS ITS LOCATION HAS HAD DOZENS OF PEOPLE COME IN TO GET THE NEW SHOT. SHE SAYS ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 5 CAN GET THE VACCINE. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A VACCINE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. >> YOU SHOULD CONSIDER GETTING THE NEW VERSION. THE CDC APPROVED THE NEW VACCINE FOR EMERGENCY USE IN PATIENTS 6 MONTHS OLD AND OLDER. DON'T BE. >> SWAYED BY NOT WANTING TO GET YET ANOTHER SHOT. IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF. YOUR COMMUNITY NOW IS FAR SUPPLY GOES. PHARMACIST HERE AT CVS TELL ME THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED OVER 200 OF THE MODERNA VACCINES ON MONDAY AND THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY COMING IN TO GET THE SHOT. I KNOW THAT I NEEDED. I'VE HAD ALL THE VACCINES UP TO THIS POINT. SCOTT KINSEY LIVES IN INDIANAPOLIS. >> HE PLANS TO GET THE NEW BOOSTER ALONG WITH HIS ANNUAL FLU SHOT. THEY'RE TELLING US TO GET A NEW ONE. SO >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO WITH WHAT'S WORKED FOR US. WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS RAF AT-RISK POPULATIONS LIKE ARE PEOPLE OVER 65 PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THEN PREGNANT WOMEN REALLY SHOULD GET VACCINATED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR BABY. AND DOCTORS WITH IU HEALTH SAY IT'S OK TO GET YOUR FLU AND COVID SHOT AT THE SAME TIME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF COVID PATIENTS. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF FLU PATIENTS. >> SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET OUR ANNUAL FLU VACCINES AND THEN GET OUR ANNUAL COVID BOOSTERS. EACH YEAR'S DIFFERENT REPORTING IN INDIANAPOLIS. I'M ORANGE AND BY THE WAY, THE FDA HAS NOT

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