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As new COVID-19 cases continue to be reported across the Ohio Valley, the Brooke and Hancock county health departments have begun vaccinations of people 80 and older while the Hancock board of health also has moved to temporarily ban smoking in all public places.
Mike Bolen, administrator of the Brooke County Health Department, said he’d received little notice that 100 doses of Moderna would be distributed to each of the state’s 48 local health departments for administration to that age group.
But Bolen said following a posting on the department’s website and Facebook page, appointments for the voluntary vaccination were filled quickly.