INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 76,000 Hoosiers have already received their first dose of vaccines against COVID-19, with the state working to distribute hundreds of thousands more doses as quickly as possible.
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Gov. Mike DeWine picture in a June press conference. On Wednesday he offered school districts a promise of vaccines for staff if they provide in-class learning.
Updated: 5:02 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
The state will provide vaccines to school staff in early 2021 to encourage a return to in-person learning, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday.
Any school moving from remote to in-person learning will have access to vaccines for adults working in the buildings as part of the state’s second stage of vaccine distribution, the governor said, which is coming after healthcare workers and those living and working in congregate care settings are vaccinated.
As more of the vaccine makes its way to Ohio, state officials want to make sure that Ohioans keep up their efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus during the holidays.
Governor Mike DeWine started his briefing on Monday with some nursing home residents getting vaccinated. Ohio nursing home residents started getting their vaccines on Friday. The same day that the FDA approved the Moderna vaccine, which means more doses of the vaccine will be heading to the state. Governor DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health say it is critical that we keep up the work we started during Thanksgiving, with wearing masks and social distancing, for the next several weeks to prevent another surge in January. If we can get through Christmas and New Yearâs without a significant surge, we will be much better positioned to start 2021 against this virus.
Ohio reaches over 8,000 COVID-19 deaths, DeWine reminds Ohioans to stay safe over the holidays
Information submitted Tuesday, December 22, 2020 6:54 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon
Husted provided the following updates on Ohio s response to the COVID-19
pandemic on Monday.
OHIO EXCEEDS 8,000 DEATHS
On
Saturday, Ohio surpassed 8,000 confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths.
As of Monday, 8,122 people infected with the coronavirus have died since
the beginning of the pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, 6,548 new
cases and 301 new hospitalizations were reported. A total of 17 counties
have a case rate over 1,000, meaning that at least 1 percent of people
in these counties either have or recently had the virus and are at risk