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• A village and a virus, four years on

  By Reilly DixonApril 11, 2024

  

  This year marks the fourth anniversary since the novel coronavirus began spreading uncontrollably throughout the world, shuttering businesses, upending routines, overwhelming hospitals and ultimately claiming the lives of over 1 million U.S. residents.

• COVID-19 Update — December 16, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 22, 2021

  

  The Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, reported Saturday, Dec. 11, that the first two cases of the Omicron variant had been confirmed in Ohio.

• COVID-19 Update — November 18, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 11, 2021

  

  After more than a month charting a gradual decline in new COVID-19 case numbers, Ohio saw a slight rise last week, according to the most recent data from the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH.

• COVID-19 Update — December 9, 2021

  By YS News StaffDecember 9, 2021

  

  Greene County’s total of new cases reported for the week of Sunday, Nov. 28, through Saturday, Dec. 4, rose significantly, however, from the week before, with a total of 531 new cases, compared to the previous week’s total of 308.

• COVID-19 Update — November 11, 2021

  By YS News StaffNovember 11, 2021

  

  As anticipated, the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, last week recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 pediatric vaccine for children ages 5–11.

• COVID-19 Update — November 4, 2021

  By YS News StaffNovember 4, 2021

  

  The Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, reported Monday, Nov. 1, that the Centers for Disease Control was expected this week to recommend the Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric vaccine for children 5–11 years old.

• COVID-19 Update — October 28, 2021

  By YS News Staff

  

  Ohio reached a milestone in cumulative COVID-19 case numbers last week, topping the 1.5 million mark on Tuesday, Oct. 19, with 1,503,102 positive tests reported since the state’s first cases were logged in early March 2020.

• COVID-19 Update — October 21, 2021

  By YS News StaffOctober 21, 2021

  

  A decline over the past several weeks in COVID-19 numbers for Ohio, Greene County and the 45387 ZIP code suggest that an anticipated mid-October peak may have been reached earlier than expected.

• COVID-19 Update — October 14, 2021

  By YS News StaffOctober 14, 2021

  

  The total number of positive cases in Ohio since the pandemic began rose to 1,467,331 on Sunday, Oct. 10, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

• COVID-19 Update — October 7, 2021

  By YS News StaffOctober 7, 2021

  

  The Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, on Saturday, Sept. 25, updated its guidance for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots.