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Those who have finished the COVID-19 vaccination process in Ohio no longer have to quarantine for two weeks if they are exposed to someone with the virus.
Gov. Mike DeWine made the announcement Tuesday, saying “the power of the vaccine allows us to do this.”
The state has been following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that call for anyone who had close contact with someone with COVID-19 to stay home for 14 days after their last exposure to that person.
“By changing our health order, students 16 and 17 years old who are vaccinated will be able to participate in sports and other activities, even when they have been exposed to someone with COVID,” DeWine said.
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Those who have finished the COVID-19 vaccination process in Ohio no longer have to quarantine for two weeks if they are exposed to someone with the virus.
Gov. Mike DeWine made the announcement Tuesday, saying “the power of the vaccine allows us to do this.”
The state has been following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that call for anyone who had close contact with someone with COVID-19 to stay home for 14 days after their last exposure to that person.
“By changing our health order, students 16 and 17 years old who are vaccinated will be able to participate in sports and other activities, even when they have been exposed to someone with COVID,” DeWine said.
Vaccine clinic targets Trumbull County students wfmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The state on Saturday exceeded two COVID-19 milestones: more than 4 million people who have at least started the vaccination process and more than 2.5 million fully vaccinated.
The Ohio Department of Health numbers show that almost 22 percent of the state has been fully vaccinated, with about 35 percent starting the process as of Saturday. Those numbers were 2,554,361 and 4,056,758, respectively.
The numbers include 72,014 getting their first vaccine in the previous 24 hours.
In Mahoning County, 35.64 percent of the population (81,492 people) had received at least one dose with 33.86 percent of the population in Trumbull County (67,030 people) and 29.11 percent in Columbiana County (29,662 people) receiving at least the first dose as of 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the ODH.