Starting on March 29, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said all Ohioans 16 years and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine.DeWine made the announcement Tuesday at a press conference from a vaccination site in Cleveland. Watch the full Tuesday press conference below:Starting Friday (March 19), Ohio will move into Phase 2C and 1E of its vaccine distribution plan. These two phases will expand eligibility to Ohioans 40 years and older as well as Ohioans with certain medical conditions.Phase 1E expands eligibility to Ohioans with the following medical conditions:CancerChronic kidney diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseHeart diseaseObesityStarting on March 29, DeWine said Ohio will move into phase 2D of the vaccine distribution plan. This phase will expand vaccine eligibility to all Ohioans 16 years and older.DeWine said teenagers who are 16 and 17 years old will only be able to get the Pfizer vaccine since the FDA authorization for Moderna and Johnson and Johnson only covers those 18 years and older. For more information, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov.This is a breaking news story, WLWT will update with more information as it comes in.
Starting on March 29, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said all Ohioans 16 years and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
DeWine made the announcement Tuesday at a press conference from a vaccination site in Cleveland.
Watch the full Tuesday press conference below:
Starting Friday (March 19), Ohio will move into Phase 2C and 1E of its vaccine distribution plan. These two phases will expand eligibility to Ohioans 40 years and older as well as Ohioans with certain medical conditions.
Phase 1E expands eligibility to Ohioans with the following medical conditions:
- Cancer
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Heart disease
- Obesity
Starting on March 29, DeWine said Ohio will move into phase 2D of the vaccine distribution plan. This phase will expand vaccine eligibility to all Ohioans 16 years and older.
DeWine said teenagers who are 16 and 17 years old will only be able to get the Pfizer vaccine since the FDA authorization for Moderna and Johnson and Johnson only covers those 18 years and older.
For more information, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov.
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