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Belmont County Health Department registered nurses Nicky Goodson, left, and Kari Dietrich, right, vaccinate St. Clairsville High School sophomore Caleb Romanek and others Tuesday against COVID-19.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Students and staff in the St. Clairsville-Richland City School District and members of the community received COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday at the district campus in preparation for what many hope will be an active summer.
Meanwhile, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that people who have been vaccinated do not need to quarantine if they contact an infected person.
Belmont County Deputy Health Commissioner Robert Sproul said this takes effect two weeks after the second shot.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE Ohio school employees are set to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines next week, but no local school districts are among the first group to get the shots.
Gov. Mike DeWine intends to make the shots available to school staff through February with the goal of resuming full-time in-person schooling in March.
Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul addressed this during his Wednesday report to the Belmont County Board of Commissioners. Sproul said the state released names of the first school districts to receive vaccinations next week. However, no school districts in Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson or Monroe counties are on the list.