Parents and guardians of children aged 6 months to 5 years can now make an appointment online to have their child vaccinated against COVID-19.
Appointments are available at ourshot.in.gov for people seeking the Moderna vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old and the Pfizer vaccine for 6 months to 4 years old.
Both vaccines are free. But appointments are recommended due to the limited availability of vaccines and providers.
Hoosiers can also call 211 to schedule a vaccination appointment for their child or for themselves or can contact their child’s health care provider to determine if they offer the vaccines.
In northwest Indiana, the ourshot.in.gov website said Saturday that 19 Lake County sites are vaccinating children under age 5 against COVID-19. There are nine locations in Porter County, three in LaPorte County, none in Newton County, and three in Jasper County.
Data shows that the COVID-19 vaccine minimizes the chances of a child or adult becoming seriously ill or dying from the coronavirus.
According to the Indiana Department of Health, one person in Lake County and one person in Porter County have died of COVID-19 so far this month.
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has claimed 1,771 lives in Lake County, 550 in Porter County, 367 in LaPorte County, 66 in Newton County and 143 in Jasper County, according to state archives.
Daily COVID-19 infections generally remain in the double digits in Indiana’s northwest counties. Although the growing use of home testing means that not all positive or negative results are reported to the state for follow-up.
Gallery: COVID-19 vaccine administered at PNW College of Nursing
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Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, looks up as her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwestern, finishes administering a COVID-19 vaccine on campus Wednesday of Hammond.
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Andralia Hardrick, left, a junior at Purdue University Northwestern, winces briefly as she receives a COVID-19 shot from graduate nursing student Elizabeth Vasquez on Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
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Julie Wiejak, left, senior executive assistant to the chancellor for strategic initiatives at Purdue University Northwest, guides second McKenna Bluhm to her COVID-19 vaccine appointment on Wednesday.
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Northwestern Purdue University nursing student Christhyl Abad sits in the 15-minute waiting area of a nursing lab on Wednesday after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine.
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Christhyl Abad, a junior student and nurse at Purdue University Northwestern, receives her COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday from graduate nursing student Douglas Mukorombindo.
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A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and bandage are ready for administration on Wednesday at the Hammond campus of Purdue Northwest.
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Noelle Long, left, a sophomore at Purdue University Northwestern, receives her COVID-19 shot on Wednesday from Lashaunda Hill, a registered nurse and clinical rotation coordinator at PNW’s nursing school.
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Christhyl Abad, a junior nursing student at Purdue University Northwestern, prepares for her COVID-19 vaccine shot by graduate nursing student Douglas Mukorombindo on Wednesday.
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Samantha Sommer, right, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwestern, administers COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday at a clinic housed at the Hammond campus nursing school.
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Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, receives her first COVID-19 shot from her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, Wednesday at the Hammond campus. Family members of PNW students and faculty have been asked to receive vaccinations from nursing students at the school.
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Charrin Allen, an audio and visual technician at Purdue University Northwestern, volunteers Wednesday and helps schedule PNW student appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine in the lobby of the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building .
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Jamie Kozel, an undergraduate instructor at Purdue University Northwestern School of Nursing, hands a sticker to sophomore Logan Kosteroski Wednesday at the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building in Hammond.
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A stack of vaccination records from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention wait to be used Wednesday at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond.
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Northwestern Purdue University graduate student Myriam Changoluisa sits in a waiting area for 15 minutes after her COVID-19 vaccine shot Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
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Students at Purdue University Northwestern spend time in the 15-minute waiting area in one of the nursing school labs on the Hammond campus on Wednesday.
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Jason Jeffress, left, an audio and visual technician at Purdue University Northwestern, volunteers Wednesday and helps schedule PNW students for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
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Tim Winders, Vice Chancellor of Information Services, helps schedule an immunization appointment for nursing student Christhyl Abad Wednesday at the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building in Hammond.
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Elizabeth Vasquez, right, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwestern, applies a bandage to the arm of her brother-in-law, Matt Parrish, on Wednesday after administering a COVID-19 vaccine injection. The nursing school hosted a clinic to administer initial inoculations to students, faculty and family members.
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Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, receives her first COVID-19 shot from her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, Wednesday at the Hammond campus. Family members of PNW students and faculty have been asked to receive vaccinations from nursing students at the school.
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