Octogenarians, nonagenarians, and centenarians: you re next in line to roll up your sleeves and get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Folks 80 years old and older are eligible for the two-shot vaccine starting Monday. You won t be charged anything out-of-pocket.
Older Ohioans, as well as those with certain disabilities and school employees, are in the upcoming 1-B phase of vaccination. Ohio is vaccinating people in that group using a tiered system based on age.
Vaccine clinics held by local health departments have seen high demand, but they aren t the only providers of the vaccine. Friday, Ohio released a database of vaccine providers searchable by county at vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov.
Henry/Stark Health Dept. receiving vaccine shipments
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The Henry and Stark County Health Department and the Henry County Office of Emergency Management is alerting area residents that they have received initial shipments of Covid-19 vaccine as of late December; and having been following Federal and State guidelines in offering it to Tier 1a distribution groups. They are now pleased to announce that they will now begin rolling it out to 1b recipient groups.
Tier 1a recipients included health care workers and long-term care residents. In accordance with the federal guidance the first to receive Covid-19 vaccinations were hospital and inpatient hospital workers at the County’s two Hospitals: Hammond-Henry Hospital, Geneseo and St. Luke’s Medical Center, Kewanee. The vaccine supplies were divided between the two hospitals; as well as, to the Health Department and the Office of Emergency Management for further distribution to area providers and clinicians and the
How can I get vaccinated?
It depends on where you live. Stark County is served by four different health departments.
Your health department is based on where you pay taxes, not your mailing address or school district. For example, someone who lives in Plain Township but has a Canton mailing address would need to contact the Stark County Health Department.
If you re unsure of your municipality, you can check by searching for your address on the Stark County auditor s online real estate search, available at starkcountyohio.gov/auditor.
The Ohio Department of Health will list vaccine providers and information, searchable by zip code, on its website at coronavirus.ohio.gov starting Thursday.
Jackson Township Fire Chief Tracy Hogue said his arm wasn t even sore after he received a COVID-19 vaccine shot. It was easy, and I would encourage people to take it, he said. I think it could be the beginning of the end of this.
Hogue and several other local health and fire officials said the number of first responders who opted to receive the initial shot in the past few weeks has been better than expected.
The Jackson Township Fire Department had 60 people about 66% opt to participate in the two-shot Moderna vaccine administered by local health departments. Only one employee had mild symptoms the next day, Hogue said.
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