Ohio expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 40 and over, some others
Ohio s eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines will expand this week to people 40 and older and those with additional medical conditions, including cancer and obesity, Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a news conference Tuesday morning in Cleveland.
And by the end of the month, all Ohioans 16 and older will be eligible to get the vaccine.
Eligibility starts Friday for about 766,000 Ohioans in Phase 1E, which includes those 16 and older with cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease and obesity.
Friday also marks the start of Phase 2C those 40 and older, including about 818,000 Ohioans between age 40 and 49.
Ohio expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 40 and over, some others
Ohio s eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines will expand this week to people 40 and older and those with additional medical conditions, including cancer and obesity, Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a news conference Tuesday morning in Cleveland.
And by the end of the month, all Ohioans 16 and older will be eligible to get the vaccine.
Eligibility starts Friday for about 766,000 Ohioans in Phase 1E, which includes those 16 and older with cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease and obesity.
Friday also marks the start of Phase 2C those 40 and older, including about 818,000 Ohioans between age 40 and 49.
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron s Chapel Hill Mall will be one of more than a dozen long-term COVID-19 mass vaccination sites opening across Ohio.
Gov. Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County officials made the announcement Friday afternoon at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center, the site of a separate eight-week federal mass vaccination clinic, which starts March 17.
The state said the regional mass vaccination clinics will begin opening in the coming weeks as supply becomes available, although DeWine said they were expected to start at the end of the month. They ll operate until they re no longer necessary.
Clinics will be able to administer between 300 and 3,000 vaccines a day, depending on the location, supply and demand, according to the state.