Articles About COVID-19 :: Page 13

• DeWine outlines vaccine distribution plan

  By Audrey HackettDecember 4, 2020

  

  Ohio is about 10 days away from receiving its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. Frontline health care workers, emergency medical personnel and residents and staff at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other congregate living settings will be the first recipients of the vaccine.

• Local COVID-19 response— Village steps up enforcement

  By Megan BachmanNovember 29, 2020

  

  As the third wave of the coronavirus rages through the state and county, the Village of Yellow Springs is cracking down on behaviors that could further spread COVID-19 in town.

• Protest held outside Gov. DeWine home

  By Reilly DixonNovember 27, 2020

  

  On Friday, Nov. 20, nearly 200 demonstrators gathered outside Gov. Mike DeWine’s home in Cedarville Township to protest his and the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19-related mandates, including the statewide mask order and the 10 p.m. curfew.

• COVID-19 contact tracing— More cases, more contacts

  By Audrey HackettNovember 25, 2020

  

  The local health department’s contact tracing team now includes nine people, including employees from the Ohio Department of Health, part of the state’s scaled-up contact tracing workforce.

• Gov. DeWine imposes curfew

  By Megan BachmanNovember 18, 2020

  

  At a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state was imposing a curfew to help curb the “dramatic” spread of COVID-19 in the state.

• New state order: businesses must enforce mask wearing

  By Audrey HackettNovember 11, 2020

  

  The governor on Nov. 11 issued a revised mask order for businesses in Ohio with a penalty for non-compliance, as well as indicating that the state would shut down restaurants, bars and fitness centers if COVID-19 spread doesn’t improve by the end of next week.

• COVID-19 update— ‘There is no place to hide’ in Ohio

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  October brought a whirlwind of bad news about COVID-19 spread in Ohio. New cases soared statewide, hospitalizations increased and more counties than ever flipped to “red” on the state’s COVID-19 heat map.

• COVID-19 update— For first time, Greene is ‘red’

  By Audrey HackettOctober 21, 2020

  

  Last Thursday, Oct. 15, Ohio elevated Greene County to “red” on the Ohio Health Advisory System for the first time since the system was put in place in early July. The state flagged four different indicators of increased COVID-19 spread here, out of a seven-indicator risk profile.

• Yellow Springs Schools— Online instruction set to continue

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Instruction for the 700-some students enrolled in Yellow Springs Schools will remain online for at least another quarter.

• COVID-19 update— Cases rise in Greene County

  By Audrey HackettOctober 19, 2020

  

  COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the county. The virus was slow to take hold here, but the county saw a spike in June, a larger spike in July, some moderating in August and a surge beginning in late August that hasn’t let up.