GCPH moves vaccine clinics to Russ Research Center
BEAVERCREEK TOWNSHIP Greene County Public Health will begin hosting its COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week at Ohio University’s Russ Research Center at 2730 Indian Ripple Road.
GCPH had previously been holding its vaccination clinics at the old Greene County Career Center just outside of Xenia on West Enon Road. Due to available space and future sale of the property, public health officials began looking for another facility that could accommodate more people and bring them indoors out of the elements and frigid temperatures. GCPH officials announced Monday the partnership with Russ Research Center.
GCPH, MHRB give vaccine resources for older adults
Staff report
XENIA Ohioans ages 65 and older are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, as the Ohio Department of Health has moved into Phase 1B of its vaccination plan. However, vaccine demand currently far outstrips the supply. For older adults who are already under stress and isolation, the speed of the vaccine rollout can be frustrating. Because of this, both Greene County Public Health (GCPH) and the Mental Health Recovery Board of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties (MHRB) are encouraging older adults to make a plan to get vaccinated, and to seek mental health care if they need to.
Nick’s closed after positive COVID-19 tests
XENIA A popular Xenia restaurant closed temporarily this week due to the coronavirus.
According to a release from Greene County Public Health, Nick’s Restaurant shut its doors after it was discovered that several employees tested positive for COVID-19.
“Our main concern is the well-being of our employees, guests and the community at large,” Nick’s owner Marc Perkins said in the release from GCPH. “We recently became aware that we have four employees who tested positive for coronavirus. We have made the decision to voluntarily close Nick’s to the public temporarily.”
Part I: GCPH from 2010 to 2019
By Melissa Howell
Howell
Editor’s note: This is Part I of the Centennial Celebration series for October covering Greene County Public Health from 2010-2019.
The board of health from 2010 to 2019 was extremely busy! As part of our Centennial Celebration, this month’s article focuses on actions taken by the board of health for the betterment of the agency, its constituents, and the residents of the County.
Plans and policies approved by the board
Throughout the decade, the board of health met monthly and approved many plans, policies and other actions.
They included: administrative leave policy change from three hours of administrative leave on Christmas Eve and three hours on New Year’s Eve to seven hours on Christmas Eve; billing and collection; budgeting and accounting; contracts; cost allocation; costing principles for spending federal funds; credit card use; easy clocking; email; emergency response plan updated; employee internet use mo
Ohio saw a massive bump in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Dec. 8. That day, 25,721 new cases were reported, bringing the statewide case total well over the half-million mark since the pandemic’s start. About 13,000 of the new cases represented a backlog of positive antigen tests dating back to Nov. 1, according to state health officials.
But that still left about 12,721 new cases added in a single 24-hour period by far Ohio’s largest day of cases.
Compounding the case data were record-breaking numbers of new hospitalizations and ICU admissions. Ohio added 657 new hospitalizations on Tuesday, including 67 patients admitted to the ICU. The hospitalization number was amplified by the antigen test backlog, which contributed about 100 additional hospital admissions to the total, state health officials said.