The COVID-19 Vaccine will be offered by the following healthcare providers:
• Sandusky County Public Health, 2000 Countryside Dr., Fremont. (www.scpublichealth.com)
• The Bellevue Hospital, 1400 W. Main St. (www.bellevuehospital.com)
• ProMedica Memorial Hospital, 715 S. Taft Ave., Fremont. (www.ProMedica.org)
Pre-registration is required to get the vaccine. To pre-register for the vaccine at any of the above locations, visit their websites.
Those who do not have access to or don’t feel comfortable pre-registering online, may contact United Way First Call for Help at 419-334-2720, or GLCAP Senior Center at 419-334-8181 for assistance with the pre-registration process. You will be contacted to schedule your COVID-19 vaccine appointment by Sandusky County Public Health, The Bellevue Hospital, or ProMedica Memorial Hospital. Walk-in appointments are currently not available.
OHIOANS 60+
On Thursday, Ohioans 60 and older will qualify for the vaccine.
Eventually, the age will lower to include those 55 and older and then once more to include those 50 and above. However, it is unclear when those age groups will be eligible.
SANDUSKY COUNTY VACCINE PROVIDERS
The Bellevue Hospital: 1400 W. Main Street, Bellevue, OH 44811
ProMedica Memorial Hospital: 715 S. Taft Avenue, Fremont, OH 43420
Pre-registration is required to get the vaccine. To pre-register for a shot at any of the above locations, visit any of the following websites:
Sandusky County Public Health: www.scpublichealth.com
The Bellevue Hospital: www.bellevuehospital.com
ProMedica Memorial Hospital: www.ProMedica.org
Regina Vincent-Williams, a local poet, writer, and motivational speaker and president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, knows all too well the stigma minorities have against vaccines and other government-led medical projects.
Vincent-Williams said the Tuskegee tests left a lasting scar on many Black people that caused a rift between the racial group and government and medical experts. For a long time, there have been disparities in health and in our ability of getting health coverage, Vincent-Williams said. There have been shown to be health disparities in terms of how we re diagnosed, what doctors we go to and what kinds of procedures we get and what kind of medicine we are prescribed.
Mayor Danny Sanchez said residents would be asked to pay their water bills online, via phone or at the water office s drive through window.
Sanchez announced later in March the city decided to close all of its fishing access to the Sandusky River, a precaution linked to coronavirus fears.
The mayor said he would encourage businesses to prohibit parking to the public.
The announcement resulted in a big hit to the city s annual walleye run, which attracts thousands to the Sandusky River.
In 2018, Sandusky County s Convention and Visitors Bureau estimated walleye and white bass seasons (white bass starts later in April and runs through May) bring almost 14,000 fishermen to the Sandusky River.