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.
When will teachers receive the COVID vaccine?
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
Local schools will soon receive the coronavirus vaccine as Gov. Mike DeWine wants all K-12 schools ready for hybrid or full-time, in-person learning by March 1. Photo from the Scioto County Joint Information Center.
SCIOTO- Staff members in Scioto County schools will have to wait toward mid-February to receive the COVID vaccine, according to a schedule released from the Ohio Department of Health.
The ODH Friday release detailed when all Ohio K-12 schools can expect the arrival of the vaccine, where Gov. Mike DeWine’s goal is to have all schools in either a hybrid or full-time in-person learning model by March 1.