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CONNORVILLE The mobile mass vaccination clinic scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Buckeye Local High School will go on – but not as planned.
Those who had an appointment to receive the one-shot Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will now instead be receiving the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, according to Jefferson County Health Commissioner Andrew Henry.
“We have seen quite a few people cancel, obviously because they would have wanted the J and J originally,” Henry said. “That is to be expected. We are still going to be there at the same time.”
The change came from guidance from the Ohio Department of Health, who paused use of the vaccine across the state due to the breaking news Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended pausing administering of the Johnson and Johnson shot due to six women who took the vaccine developing a blood-clotting condition within two weeks of its admi
Staff with TourHealth, a COVID-19 vaccine administrator under contract to the state, sign in one of 194 area residents who registered for the vaccination clinic
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STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Health Department and Ohio Department of Health announced information about the mobile vaccination sites coming to the county next week.
There will be a total of eight vaccination clinics, two each at a total of four sites.
Clinics will be held 9 a.m-4 p.m. April 7 and 21 at the Seventh Street Plaza in downtown Steubenville, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on April 10 and 24 at the Karaffa Recreation Center in Toronto, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on April 14 and 28 at Buckeye Local High School and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on April 17 and May 1 at Edison High School.
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STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Board of Health approved a budget for 2022 in a special meeting Wednesday night, hours before it was due to the county auditor’s office.
The discussion of different aspects of the budget lasted more than an hour, before a motion to accept and submit the document was made by board member Jean Phillipe Rigaud, contingent upon the board meeting again in October to update the figures based on updated information that will be available then.
The budget was prepared by Jefferson County Health Department Fiscal, Grants and Public Information Officer Kelly Wilson along with Health Commissioner Andrew Henry.