This is nearly 20,000 more doses than expected. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 6:29 PM EST December 22, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio The state of Ohio is set to receive 89,700 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday, December 24, the Ohio Department of Health reported Tuesday. The allotment is 19,500 more units than originally expected.
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In addition to the Pfizer vaccine allotment, the state will also receive 69,700 doses of the Moderna vaccine later this week. The new doses will go to hospitals that have not yet received vaccinations from the first allocation. Ohio will also activate the second phase of the Pharmacy Long-Term Care Partnership program which will allow vaccines to be distributed to assisted living facilities and several other types of facilities including; residential care facilities, care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and continuing care retirement communities, the Departm
Ohio to receive more than 150,000 additional COVID-19 vaccines this week Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be included in the next shipments. (Source: WTVM) By Jared Goffinet | December 22, 2020 at 3:56 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 3:56 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - More than 150,000 additional COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Ohio by the end of the week, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
89,700 doses of the vaccine from Pfizer is expected to arrive on Christmas Eve. ODH says the number of vaccines they are getting from Pfizer is 19,500 more than originally expected.
Then later this week, 69,700 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to arrive, according to ODH.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Week in Review (For the week ending Dec. 18, 2020)
Information submitted Governor DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine greet the first vaccines to arrive in Ohio Ohio Public Health Advisory Map • •
OHIO – Throughout the week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was joined by
Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and provided updates on Ohio s response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other state initiatives.
On
Monday,
Governor DeWine announced that the first COVID-19 vaccinations have
been administered in Ohio. Shipments of 975 doses were delivered to both
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and UC
Health in Cincinnati. Several healthcare workers and personnel who are
First vaccines administered to Ohio nursing facility residents and caregivers
Information submitted Monday, December 21, 2020 7:31 AM Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine watch as the first vaccine was administered in a nursing facility in Columbus. (Photo submitted)
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, First Lady Fran DeWine,
and Lt. Governor Jon Husted visited Ohio nursing facilities across the
state Friday to watch the administration of the first COVID-19 vaccines
in the nation in long-term care facilities as part of a new partnership.
The vaccines, which were given to residents and staff who chose to
receive them, were given as part of the early scaling up of the federal