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Smooth rollout for first week of Scioto County vaccines Staff report PORTSMOUTH — According to the Scioto EMA Joint Information Center, approximately 814 people in Scioto County including health care personnel, EMS, and public health vaccination staff have received their first doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 in the county’s first week of vaccinating. Christine Thomas, Portsmouth City Health Department’s Director of Nursing was the first in the county to receive the vaccine. Another shipment of Moderna doses is expected to arrive at local health departments, hospitals, and othe...

PCHD administers first COVID vaccines By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com PCHD Director of Nursing Christine Thomas (right) received the first Covid vaccine Monday afternoon from Public Health Nurse Mandy Whisman. Photo by Patrick Keck. PORTSMOUTH — The first steps were taken in Portsmouth to halt the spread of the coronavirus Monday afternoon following the vaccination of two city Health Department nurses. Slightly after 2 p.m. at the PCHD building, Public health nurse Mandy Whisman administred the first COVID vaccine to Director of Nursing Christine Thomas in front of members of t...

First round of vaccines coming to Scioto County Staff report SCIOTO — Scioto County is expected to receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines as early as Monday Dec. 21. Local health, education, and emergency management agencies are ready to activate coordinated vaccination plans that follow Ohio Department of Health guidelines. The first supply of vaccines will be limited to frontline medical and public health workers and emergency medical responders. “We need to first protect those who are providing frontline care for our growing number of positive cases,” said Dr. Jerod Walker, ...

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