The health districts in Mahoning and Trumbull counties today will announce details of how those 80 years old and older can sign up to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Gov. Mike DeWine last week gave counties until today to make announcements about the vaccinations for that age group, which makes up 53 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the state.
Kris Wilster, director of environmental health for the Trumbull County Combined Health District, confirmed Wednesday that the announcement will be made today.
Tracy Styka, spokeswoman for the Mahoning County Public Health District, did the same.
The vaccinations are supposed to arrive next Tuesday or Wednesday. State officials haven’t released information about how many doses will be given to each county.
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Local health districts, emergency management agencies and vaccine providers are supposed to announce today or Thursday when and where those at least 80 years old can get COVID-19 vaccines, Gov. Mike DeWine said.
Tracy Styka, a spokeswoman for Mahoning County Public Health District, said: “We will be sending out a press release when we have the information available.”
Officials with the Trumbull County Combined Health District couldn’t be reached Tuesday to comment.
The vaccines are supposed to arrive Jan. 19 or 20.
DeWine wants local announcements today or Thursday to give those eligible in the next phase of the vaccinations enough time to sign up.
WARREN Waiting in the below-freezing morning air outside W.D. Packard Music Hall on Tuesday did not bother Liberty residents Tom and Terry Anness, both 79, and their son, Michael, 47, when they went to get their Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
“I initially was leery about getting the vaccine because of how fast they developed it,” Terry Anness said. “I talked to my doctor, and he made me feel better about it.”
Michael Anness works in health care, so he was eligible to get his shot on the same day as his parents.
“I’m getting this both because I want to be able to be around my parents and I’m concerned about the people I’m working with on my job,” Michael Anness said.
DAVID SKOLNICK and RAYMOND L. SMITH
The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in Ohio has picked up in the last week, but the state has vaccinated less than 3 percent of its residents.
The latest data from the Ohio Department of Health shows of the 304,976 total first-dose vaccinations in the state as of Monday morning, 142,034 were given in the last seven days. That’s more than 46.5 percent of total doses in the state during those seven days.
The state started giving first doses of the vaccine two vaccinations about four weeks apart are needed on Dec. 14.
But the same data shows that only 2.61 percent of the state’s total population has had at least one dose.
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