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CEDARVILLE, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine continues to focus on COVID-19’s impact on schools with the goal of achieving full-time, in-person attendance for students by March 1 with new resources available for school districts.
DeWine began his Tuesday conference with a report from Ohio Department of Education Superintendent Paolo DeMaria outlining the impact of the pandemic on students.
“We know the pandemic has really been disruptive in some ways for all the children,” DeWine said. “In the spring, all Ohio children were out of school. And during this academic year, some kids have been entirely remote, some have been entirely in the classroom and some have been a combination of the two. … It’s been a strain even for the kids who have been totally in the classroom the whole academic year.”
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Darrell Boyd sips a glass of wine at the Winking Lizard Tavern, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in Beachwood, Ohio. Closer to home, area businesses are looking forward to the lifting of the statewide curfew next week.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Businesses, particularly bars and restaurants, have taken a hit during the statewide curfew in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but owners are hopeful that Gov. Mike DeWine might lift the curfew next week.
DeWine’s office issued a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew last year. In recent weeks, he moved the start time to 11 p.m.
DeWine is basing his decisions on the number of patients hospitalized with the virus in the state, on the grounds that he does not want health care workers to be overwhelmed.
Staff Writer
CEDARVILLE, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shared some good news Thursday on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio.
DeWine said the state is also expecting to receive a higher number of vaccine doses as the task of inoculating older Ohioans continues.
“We’ve talked a lot about how we really do not have enough vaccine. We know a lot more people want the vaccine every day than we have,” he said. “I talked with the team of Pfizer (BioNTech). They really gave us good news. They will be able to up the amount of vaccine that is available for federal shipment by about 40 percent somewhere in the middle of February. Not far off. We think that should mean our numbers will increase.”
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The heavy snowfall this week is not expected to slow the weekly COVID-19 vaccination process for Belmont County senior citizens. This week
For the News-Register
Bridgeport Exempted Village School District Board of Education President Jerry Moore, right, and Superintendent of Schools Brent Ripley review school facilities in earlier days. School districts in the area have been working to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic and will continue to await vaccinations for staff. The latest information from the governorâs office places Monroe and Harrison countiesâ school districts vaccine schedule in the third week of February, and Belmont and Jefferson countiesâ in the fourth week. (File photo)
By ROBERT A. DEFRANK
For the Sunday News-Register
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Ohio’s school employees have the opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in February, but local counties are not high on the list.