Scioto County Teachers receive 1st Dose
Staff Report
Scioto County teachers and school staff signed up to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine last week at the school districts’ health clinic, Scioto Advantage, in New Boston.
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NEW BOSTON, Ohio — Scioto County teachers and school staff signed up to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine last week at the school districts’ health clinic, Scioto Advantage, in New Boston. The second-dose of Moderna vaccines will be scheduled in the coming weeks.
Scioto Advantage is a CareHere-operated clinic located in New Boston, exclusively serving members of the school districts’ health insurance plan. This free clinic was available only to area teachers and school staff throughout the county who chose to take it. According to South Central Ohio Educational Service Center Superintendent Sandy Mers, about 60 percent of eligible county teachers and staff signed up to receive their vaccine.