Ohio Department of Health
The Hamilton County Health Department got a lot more vaccine doses than usual this week. Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman says the majority of doses in the county are still going to private health providers, but the increase is much needed. When I m only getting 500 doses a week, my power to go into communities is minimalized, Kesterman told county commissioners Tuesday. So having 2,300 doses this week is really helping us a lot.
About 450 of those doses are being administered at two churches this week. It s part of the effort to address racial disparities in vaccine distribution. Black residents are close to 30% of the county population but have received less than 12% of vaccinations so far. That s a slight improvement over last week.