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BELLAIRE Belmont County residents who live near the Ohio River were vaccinated against COVID-19 close to home in Bellaire Wednesday.
Health department staff were at the Salvation Army, then the high school. Bellaire Local Schools Superintendent Darren Jenkins said about 22 students ages 16 and 17 had signed up for shots, along with several 18-year-olds.
“We were very surprised and pleased with the level of interest among our kids,” he said. “We’re looking at 30-35 students today who are interested in getting the vaccine.”
Jenkins said about eight staff members who had elected not to be vaccinated during an earlier clinic for teachers also received shots. He said the vaccines are lifting an emotional and mental “cloud” with the promise of normalcy.
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Josie Grover, registered nurse working with the Belmont County Health Department, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Ohio University Eastern Dean David Rohall on Tuesday at the vaccination clinic hosted by the college. Other clinics will be held today at the Salvation Army in Bellaire and at Bellaire High School.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Only nine students were vaccinated at the COVID-19 student vaccination clinic at Ohio University Eastern on Tuesday, but more shots are set to be given today.
Josie Grover, a registered nurse working with the Belmont County Health Department, was on hand Tuesday afternoon.
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Belmont County Deputy Health Commissioner Robert Sproul reports Monday to the health board that COVID-19 vaccinations will begin at Belmont College this week.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The Belmont County Health Department board is anticipating vaccinating college students this week against the COVID-19 pandemic, and will approach the county commissioners about the possibility of a new and bigger headquarters in the future.
Board member Joel Braido suggested the board might speak with the Belmont County Board of Commissioners in the near future about expanding the headquarters.
As usual since the pandemic reached its peak, the health board met in the command center of the Belmont County Emergency Management Agency where social distancing guidelines of about six feet between people could be maintained.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Belmont County concluded another week of vaccinations, including the first of two clinics at area colleges, but numbers of first-time vaccin
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