That could happen after the initial curfew rollback, DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said. The curfew would be lifted after Ohio's hospitals had 2,500 COVID-19 patients or fewer for seven consecutive days. for another two weeks patients remained below 3,000 for seven consecutive days. for two weeks.Īfter that, he could reduce the curfew to midnight to 5 a.m. as early as Thursday.ĭeWine announced that if the number of COVID-19 patients in the state's hospitals remained below 3,500 patients for seven consecutive days, he would roll back the curfew to 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., ends this weekend, but DeWine could roll it back to 11 p.m.
Ohio's current curfew, which extends from 10 p.m. Ohio to roll back curfew if COVID-19 patients remain low The reasons for its holdout were not explained. If we had more vaccine, we wouldn't be juggling."ĭeWine said all but one district (Jefferson Township Local in Montgomery County) had agreed to the state's timeline for the resumption of in-person classes by March 1. "We're juggling trying to get enough to do that at the same time we're moving forward on our older Ohio citizens. "Our goal has been to get kids in school," DeWine said. Public and private schools will not be treated differently. Many school officials will get a first shot next week, DeWine said.ĭeWine's team is deciding which schools get the vaccine first, but he didn't detail how they were making those decisions. Ohio's goal is for every teacher and staff member who wants a vaccine to get their first dose of the two-dose regimen in February. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging, indicating that outbreaks aren't fueled by in-person classes and proper precautions such as masks and distancing dramatically limit spread of the novel coronavirus. Delaying vaccinations for some teachers and staff complicates that.īut recent reports from the U.S. Mike DeWine said. "We're going to have a large number of schools throughout the state in that first week, and more in the second week and on and on."ĭeWine has a goal of returning most students to in-person classes by March 1. "It's going to be a rolling start," Ohio Gov. See the list of which schools will receive the vaccine next week here. About 91,000 school employees will be eligible to receive the vaccine next week. Cincinnati Public Schools will go first, starting on Thursday. COLUMBUS – Every teacher in Ohio won't have the same shot to access a COVID-19 vaccine next week.īecause of a scarcity of vaccines, the state's 334,000 school teachers and staff will receive initial doses in stages.
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