Gov. DeWine address healthcare inequality regarding vaccines
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine received their COVID-19 vaccinations from Dr. Kevin Sharrett at Kettering Health Network’s Jamestown office in Greene County on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates this week on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Equity Update
Gov. DeWine on Tuesday outlined steps that Ohio has taken and will take to address inequities in healthcare as they relate to vaccine accessibility.
“There are Ohioans who simply do not have equal access to healthcare,” Gov. DeWine said. “We have worked hard to address these gaps, especially in our efforts to roll out the vaccine, but there is still more to do.”
Five Ohio nursing homes given faulty COVID-19 vaccines
Walgreens is working with the Centers for DIsease Control and Prevention to identify people who need to be re-vaccinated.
Feb 2, 2021 2:50 PM By: Jess Hardin
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff during the state s coronavirus update on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
COLUMBUS Five Ohio nursing homes received vaccines not kept at the proper temperature by Walgreens, one of the pharmacies responsible for distributing vaccines to Ohio nursing homes.
The nursing homes affected include:
The Maples/Ashtabula County Residential Services Corp.;
Ashtabula Towers;
Six Chimneys in Cleveland;
Willow Park Convalescent Home in Cleveland. If there is any breach in that cold storage process before the vaccine is thawed and administered, the vaccine can’t be relied upon to be effective, said Ohio Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Bruce Vanderhoff.
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The issue involving damaged vaccines administered by Walgreens was originally thought to only affect five long-term care facilities but 13 doses were also given out at the Ashtabula Walgreen s store.
A 73-year-old married couple from Akron, who asked to remain anonymous, and several others received faulty vaccines at an Ashtabula Walgreens store on Feb. 1 and will have to retake the shots.
The couple reached out to WCPN after hearing about similar issues at several local nursing homes in the area on Feb. 2.
Walgreens officials confirmed that the couple received vaccine doses that were left over from those given out at one of the affected long-term care facilities.
Hundreds of residents of 5 area nursing homes to be revaccinated for COVID-19 after Gov. DeWine said Walgreens may have improperly stored vaccines
In a statement, Walgreens told 3News the issue apparently stems from mishandled temperatures at their local vaccine distribution hub. Author: Dave Dino DeNatale, Lynna Lai Published: 2:30 PM EST February 2, 2021 Updated: 12:51 AM EST February 3, 2021
CEDARVILLE, Ohio During his COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that some of the doses given by Walgreens to patients at five Northeast Ohio long-term care facilities were not properly stored.
Those patients who received the doses will have to be revaccinated.