ROBERT A. DEFRANK For The Intelligencer
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Rick Wilson of St. Clairsville receives a COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday during a busy clinic day. The age range of 50 and older will be expanded to 40 and older Friday, and more conditions will be taken into account. Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives are calling for an end to mask mandates
ST. CLAIRSVILLE As more COVID-19 vaccines are made available, the state is again expanding the age range of eligibility, this time to those Ohioans 40 and older. This occurs just a week after vaccine eligibility had expanded to those age 50 and older. By March 29, all Ohioans ages 16 and older are expected to be eligible.