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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.
Governor DeWine announces COVID-19 vaccine will be available to those 16 and up on March 29
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CLEVELAND – On Tuesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and representatives
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), City of Cleveland,
Cuyahoga County, and Cleveland State University (CSU) welcomed the
first members of the general public to be vaccinated at Ohio s mass
vaccination clinic at CSU s Wolstein Center in Cleveland.
The
eight-week mass vaccination clinic is vaccinating approximately 1,500
Ohioans on Tuesday and will ultimately bring vaccine doses to 210,000
people in Ohio. Similar to mass vaccination sites in other states, the
site will incrementally increase the number of vaccines administered,
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.