COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) is sending a warning to any school district thinking about not honoring its commitment to return to some form of in-person learning by March 1. He said the state might withhold vaccines if they don’t bring kids back to the classroom.
DeWine said a large majority of districts in Ohio are back to fully in-person or hybrid learning. However, he said a handful of districts are signaling that they cannot return to return to classroom instruction by the date set by the state.
This includes a Cincinnati high school, Akron Public Schools, and Cleveland Metropolitan Schools.
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Gov. Mike DeWine says residents and workers at nursing homes, where 61% of Ohio s confirmed coronavirus deaths have occurred, will begin to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. We can t wait, frankly, to get as many vaccinated as quickly as possible, DeWine said at a press conference Thursday.
In the last week, the state reported 286 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, for a total of 4,361 deaths since the pandemic began.
Ohio partnered with four pharmacies – Walgreens, CVS, Absolute Health and PharmScript – to distribute the vaccine to nursing homes. DeWine says the state was invited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to participate in the scaling up of the program.
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Residents and staff at Ohio nursing homes will begin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
Ohio nursing homes have seen devastating impacts from the coronavirus. A majority of the state s reported deaths from COVID-19 have been in long-term care facilities. Gov. Mike DeWine says residents and workers at these facilities will begin to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. We can t wait, frankly, to get as many vaccinated as quickly as possible, DeWine said.
The state has partnered with four pharmacies to distribute the vaccine to nursing homes. DeWine says nursing homes signed up with one of the four providers: Walgreen s, CVS, Absolute Health and PharmScript.
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Residents and staff at Ohio nursing homes will begin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
Ohio nursing homes have seen devastating impacts from the coronavirus. A majority of the state s reported deaths from COVID-19 have been in long-term care facilities. Gov. Mike DeWine says residents and workers at these facilities will begin to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. We can t wait, frankly, to get as many vaccinated as quickly as possible, DeWine said.
The state has partnered with four pharmacies to distribute the vaccine to nursing homes. DeWine says nursing homes signed up with one of the four providers: Walgreen s, CVS, Absolute Health and PharmScript.