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Updated: 11:28 AM EST February 26, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is teaming up with community leaders to better distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to people of color.
Health Commissioner Dr. Eric Zgodzinski said Friday just 5.56 percent of the Black population in Lucas County has received the vaccine. His goal is 80 percent, but in order to achieve that number, barriers must be broken down.
Ohio Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo), Toledo NAACP President Rev. Dr. W.L. Perryman, Jr., and Lucas County Commissioners President Tina Skeldon-Wozniak joined the weekly news conference to discuss a new plan from the health department. Zgodzinski said this first draft will be adjusted as needed, but the goal is to get more shots into the arms of people of color.