Auglaize: Vaccines totally booked
Residents can also check with other Auglaize County providers for availability of the vaccine:
• Grand Lake Health System: visit www.grandlakehealth.org to complete the appointment request form or call 419-300-1132
• Kroger: visit www.kroger.com/ohiocovidvaccine or call their COVID-19 vaccine helpline at 866-211-5320
• Lima Memorial Health System: visit www.limamemorial.org/vaccine or call 419-998-4491
Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Allen, Auglaize and Putnam counties
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
A vial of 10 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can be seen on a table during vaccinations at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center.
Photo courtesy of Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center
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LIMA Ohioans who are 80 years or older can start scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments, set to begin next week.
The first round of vaccinations in Phase 1B are restricted to Ohioans who are at least 80-years-old, a break with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said is intended to prioritize the highest risk individuals when vaccines are limited.
Contact tracing’s new goal: As cases rise, workers shift to educating people
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard takes a test sample during a pop-up COVID-19 testing site Monday at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center. The large number of positive tests in the region has changed the mission of contact tracers, pushing them into more of an educational role.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard oversee the testing supplies at a recent pop-up testing site at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center.